The blast in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, wounded one individual believed to be in a essential situation.

At least two individuals have been killed in a bike blast in Pakistan’s northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, based on police officers.

The blast close to the Board Bazaar space of town wounded one one who has been admitted to Lady Reading Hospital. He is believed to be in a essential situation.

The bike carried between 4 and 5 kilograms (9 to 11 kilos) of explosives when it detonated within the metropolis, mentioned Kashif Abbasi, senior superintendent of police operations in Peshawar.

The explosives detonated prematurely, Abbasi added. He didn’t say what was the supposed goal.

Geo News TV station aired footage exhibiting a charred bike mendacity in the midst of the street, with safety personnel cordoning off the location.

Counterterrorism officers have arrived on the scene of the blast as an investigation has begun to find out the character of the explosion. Peshawar police chief Kashif Abbasi mentioned that preliminary investigation recommended that the suspected bomber was additionally killed within the blast.

Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban group, also referred to as the TTP.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif provided prayers for the victims. “We are fully determined to root out terrorism,” he mentioned, based on an announcement from his workplace.

The blast comes practically a month after at least 28 people were killed in twin blasts in Balochistan province simply forward of the parliamentary elections. The February 7 assaults have been claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group.

Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan province, which border Afghanistan, has seen rise in armed assaults within the final one yr, with most of the assaults claimed by the TTP and ISIL group.

Last December, at least 23 soldiers were killed and one other 34 injured in a automotive bomb assault in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistan witnessed 664 assaults within the first 11 months of 2023, a rise of 67 p.c from the corresponding period in 2022, based on the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based analysis organisation.