ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 39 people were killed and 75 others were injured on Sunday after a powerful blast rocked a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar
Commissioner of Peshawar Sahibzada Anis said two people died of their wounds in the Lady Reading Hospital, taking the death toll to 39.
Earlier, Anis told Anadolu Agency that 29 bodies had been sent to Lady Reading Hospital.
Police say a bomb was planted in a car parked near the police station that seemed to be the target of the blast.
Parts of human flesh, smashed window panes and burnt shoes and clothes littered the streets.
This is the third consecutive blast to rock the city in a week.
On Saturday a bus blast killed 20 government employees, and a deadly suicide attack on a church last Sunday killed 83 people.
"It was a massive blast. I was busy in praying for the last Sunday's blast victims in the church when the blast occurred," George Saryam, a Christian, told AA.
The targeted police station is located near the Church.
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