A suicide bombing injured eight people on Tuesday afternoon (July 18) in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Edhi Foundation, a non-government rescue organisation, said that the blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops when it passed by a densely populated area of the provincial capital.

Armed group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Police cordoned off the site following the explosion.

STORY: 8 injured as blast hits vehicle in NW Pakistan
DATELINE: July 19, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:46
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the incident
2. various of the rescue teams and police
 
STORYLINE:
 
Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said.
 
The vehicle was passing by a densely populated area in the provincial capital of Peshawar when it was attacked, a non-government rescue organization Edhi Foundation said.
 
Revealing initial investigation, police sources who cordoned off the site following the explosion told Xinhua that a suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle, injuring the troops and passersby.
 
However, the police did not officially confirm the nature of the attack yet.
 
The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital, where two of them are in critical condition, the state-run Rescue 1122 said in a statement.
 
No group has claimed the attack yet.
 
Further investigation into the incident is underway, said police.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)