Twin explosions rock cinema house in Peshawar

February 02, 2014 10:37 pm | Updated May 18, 2016 05:27 am IST - ISLAMABAD

Twin explosions inside a cinema house in Peshawar claimed the lives of at least three persons on Sunday night, according to news reports. More than 30 people were injured at the cinema in Qissa Khawani bazaar already ravaged by a bomb blast last year. The blasts took place during a show of the film Ziddi Pakhtun .

News reports quoting the police said two hand grenades were hurled inside the cinema, which had at least a hundred people inside it.

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