Bomb attack kills 12 at Pakistan market: Officials

PESHAWAR: A car bomb attack killed 12 people and wounded dozens more in a Pakistan market on Monday in the northwestern town of Jamrud close to the Afghan border, officials said.
The bomb exploded in a small market near a bus stop, where passengers wait for buses to take them across the northwest and to other parts of the country.
“Twelve people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the blast. The blast also damaged 10 vehicles and more than 15 shops in the market,” local administration official Jehangir Azam told AFP.
His colleague Attarur Rehman Orakzai gave the same death toll but said 57 were wounded.
Officials had earlier said nine people were killed.
“According to my initial information, there was an explosive-laden van, which caused the explosion. We are trying to ascertain whether it hit a target or just blew up,” Khyber’s most senior administration official, Mutahir Zeb, told AFP.
Two intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the explosives had been packed into a Suzuki Alto vehicle.