05-15-2007, 04:51 PM
<b>Short Circuit in Peshawar hotel</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A bomb planted in a hotel reception killed at least 24 people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today, a provincial official said.
"My information is 24 people lost their lives in the blast and 25 to 30 were wounded," Asif Iqbal Daudzai, Information Minister for North West Frontier Province said.
The blast happened in a crowded area of downtown Peshawar close to the centuries-old Mahabat Khan mosque and near a hotel and a cinema, witnesses said
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"My information is 24 people lost their lives in the blast and 25 to 30 were wounded," Asif Iqbal Daudzai, Information Minister for North West Frontier Province said.
The blast happened in a crowded area of downtown Peshawar close to the centuries-old Mahabat Khan mosque and near a hotel and a cinema, witnesses said
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