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A bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. | A bomb has exploded near a KFC restaurant in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. |
Reports quoting police say at least one person has been killed. Vehicles were damaged and the windows of nearby stores were broken in the blast. | |
Local TV stations showed footage of black smoke rising from a building. | |
The explosion comes a day after 35 people were killed in a militant attack on a mosque near the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi. | The explosion comes a day after 35 people were killed in a militant attack on a mosque near the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi. |
Police official Gohar Zaman was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that the Peshawar blast occurred in an area where many lawyers have offices, near a well-known KFC fast-food restaurant. |