Blast on govt bus in Pak kills 19

The bus was near the city of Peshawar when the bomb planted inside it exploded

A bomb tore through a bus carrying government employees and other civilians in northwestern Pakistan on Friday,killing 19 people in an attack that served as a reminder of the continued militant threat despite a significant drop in violence over the past year,officials said.

The bus was near the city of Peshawar when the bomb planted inside it exploded,almost completely destroying the back half of the colourfully decorated vehicle. The dead included six women,said senior police officer Tahir Ayub Khan. Another 42 people were wounded,he said.

Jalal Khan,14,was standing in the aisle of the crowded bus when the bomb went off and his right arm was slashed by a piece of metal. We all fell on the floor of the bus,and people were crying for help, said Khan,while receiving treatment at a local hospital. I was unable to see anything because there was a lot smoke,and I was having trouble breathing.

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The bus departed from a government office in Peshawar and was headed for the nearby city of Charsada. No group claimed responsibility for the attack,but the Pakistani Taliban have carried out hundreds of similar bombings across the country.

Iftikhar Hussain,the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said the government would relentlessly target the militants.

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