Pakistani police officers examine the site of bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Pakistani police say a car bomb exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani police officers examine the site of bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Pakistani police say a car bomb exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani police officers examine the site of bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Pakistani police say a car bomb exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani police officers examine the site of bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Pakistani police say a car bomb exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and da

Pakistan: Car bomb explosion wounds 3 in Peshawar


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Pakistani police say a car bomb has exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops.

Officer Dost Mohammad says the explosion on Saturday took place outside a mosque in the Kali Bari area of the city. He says a woman was among the wounded, who were rushed to a nearby hospital.

Mr Mohammad said the area was nearly deserted at the time of the early morning blast.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, is surrounded by lawless tribal regions that have served as a sanctuary for Islamic militants for decades. Militants have targeted the city for years.

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