Two security personnel were killed and many injured in a suicide bomb blast near the Iranian consulate in University Town in Peshawar on Monday. Spokesperson for the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shiraz Paracha, told The Hindu over the phone that the target appears to be the Iranian consulate.
The police were quoted as confirming that it was a suicide blast in a news report. A suspicious vehicle drove up to the Frontier Corps check post and when the security forces prevented it from entering, the bomb was detonated. Reuters reported that a spokesman for militant commander Mast Gul claimed responsibility for the attack.
