05 April,2010 03:21 PM IST | | Agencies
Blasts close to US consulate and sensitive military installations, hours after 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a political gathering
Multiple blasts and gunfire rocked this provincial capital of Pakistan's restive northwest, close to the US consulate and highly sensitive military installations, hours after 25 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a political gathering in Timergara.
Three blasts occurred within 20 minutes in Saddar area, located close to the cantonment in Peshawar. Several persons were injured in the explosions.
The first blast went off at about 1.15 pm near the building of the State Life Insurance Corporation. Geo News channel captured the second and third blasts, which it said occurred in an area near the US consulate.
The footage showed the second blast apparently occurred in an area where several cars were parked.
It was followed by the sound of heavy firing. The third blast went off about five minutes later. Several ambulances were seen taking the injured away from the site of the blasts, which was cordoned off by a large number of soldiers.
The blasts in Peshawar occurred hours after a suicide bomber struck a gathering at Timergara in Lower Dir district, killing 25 people and injuring 100 others.
The gathering was organised by the Awami National Party to celebrate the federal government's decision to rename the North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.
