Child dead, several hurt in Kohat Road blast

PESHAWAR: Several people were injured in a car bomb blast on Kohat Road of Peshawar, Geo News reported Thursday.

According to police sources, the blast occurred near Gulshan Rehman Colony situated at Kohat Road in Peshawar.

According to an eyewitness, the blast occurred at a flat in Officers Colony causing the three-storey building to collapse. There are reports that several people are trapped under the debris.

The colony houses the employees of the provincial secretariat. The relief activities have been kick-started.

Police have put security cordon around the blast site. Emergency has been declared in the hospitals.

According to Incharge of Ehdi Center Peshawar Sher Gul, he transported nine injured and a body of a child to the hospital. link..