Six people were killed and 38 wounded in an incident of suicide bomb attack on Monday when a suicide bomber struck his motorbike loaded with explosives into a bus in Peshawar, police said.
The incident took place on University Road, close to a police vehicle, Geo TV reported.
"At least six people were killed and 38 others were wounded in the bomb blast," a police officer said.
An earlier report had put the toll at three.
"The commissioner, who passed just a minute before on 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," a police officer was quoted as saying.
The body parts of the suicide bomber were found at the blast site.
About six kg of explosives were loaded on the bikes as per the estimations of place officials.
-With inputs from IANS
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