Peshawar suicide bomber detonates prematurely, kills three attackers

A suicide bomber in Peshawar has accidentally detonated his vest while riding a motorcycle on an empty road, killing himself and two other militants also on a bike.

The incident took place in the Sufaid Sang suburb just northwest of Peshawar, where the trio were planning an attack,reports Dawn.

Their plan was foiled when the suicide vest of one suicide bomber detonated prematurely, Kashif Zulfiqar said.

Their target was not known but they were moving towards a crowded area where there are several police and military check posts," he added.

Police defused a jacket fitted on the dead body of a second would-be bomber and recovered a Kalashnikov rifle, eight hand grenades and hundreds of live bullets.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups regularly target military and civilian installations as part of an insurgency.