Two killed, 9 injured in Pakistan suicide bombing

Two paramilitary troopers were killed and nine others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city Monday afternoon, media and officials said.

Superintendent Police (SP) Faisal Kamran confirmed that two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed as the suicide bomber blew himself up when troopers stopped him for security check near the Iranian consulate at the University Road area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, Xinhua reported.

He said the attacker who came in a Corolla car, wanted to enter the Iranian consulate. However, the troops did not let him succeed.

Some media reports said the bomber was dropped near the consulate by his two accomplices who later fled to an unknown place after the shoot-out with the FC guards, following the blast.

TV channel Geo reported that the blast also injured nine people, including two FC personnel and seven passersby.

The injured people have been shifted to Khyber Teaching hospital where at least three of them were in critical condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Police have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.