PESHAWAR: A blast at a CD market in Peshawar has killed five and injured 28 others. The explosion had caused a fire to erupt at the market destroying 20 shops and a number of vehicles.
According Express 24/7 correspondent Iftikhar Firdous, the blast took place at a computer discs and DVD market located on GT road, Nishterabad, Peshawar.
Meanwhile, Bashir Bilour, the KPK Information Minister said that four people had died, three of them men and one woman. He conceded that they had received letters warning of attacks on music stores, and the KPK government had beefed up security around the area.
Firdous says that the location is fairly frequented especially in the evening, with the main road being jam packed with traffic.
He added that the market is located in a residential cluster.
Firdous said that almost 10 kg of high intensity explosives laden on a motorbike had been detonated with a remote controller. He said that investigators initially suspected that a car on fire may have been where the bomb had been installed.
However, they later found a wrecked motorbike almost 30 meters away from the site, indicating that the bomb to have been attached to the bike.
With shops and a vehicle catching fire after the blast, fire brigades had reached the spot along with ambulances and the bomb disposal squad.
The injured have been shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital, while police has cordoned off the blast site.
According to a spokesperson at the Lady Reading Hospital, five women and three children brought there after the attack were in critical condition.
The Taliban have been known to attack CD markets in the past.
In 2005, Taliban frequently sent warning letters to store owners and even blew those stores up which did not conform to their demands.
