Suicide bomber kills eight in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 43 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus on University Road here on Monday, police said.
The bombing took place at Peshawar's Jehangir Abad neighbourhood on Arbab Road close to a police vehicle and also damaged a passing bus.
"The commissioner, who passed just a minute before from the road, was the target of the bombing, but he escaped unhurt as the bomber missed the target and struck his motorcycle into a passenger bus," police official said.
Body parts of the suicide bomber were also found at the blast site, he added.
Bomb disposal officials said the explosives weighed up to six kilograms (13 pounds).
Rescue teams shifted the bodies and injured to Khyber Teaching Hospital while police cordoned off the area and started investigation.
The University Road was closed for traffic after the incident.