A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a police building near the US consulate in Peshawar, killing 11 people, including six security personnel, and injuring 39 others, as terror fury continued to hit Pakistan since the raid that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
The building on the University Road in Peshawar cantonment, which houses the office of the Criminal Investigation Department, was destroyed by the powerful blast.
Senior Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister Bashir Bilour confirmed the attack was carried out by a suicide car bomber.
Eleven people were killed and over 39 injured in the attack, The Express Tribune quoted police officials as saying.
Meanwhile, Duniya News put the death toll at 8.
"About 300 kg of explosives
Officials said five policemen and a soldier were killed by the blast that occurred at 4.45 am. Injured people were taken to nearby hospitals.
Police and rescue workers said several policemen could be buried in the rubble of the building, whose walls and ceiling collapsed after the blast.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility and warned it would carry out more attacks to avenge bin Laden's killing in a US raid on May 2. The attacks will continue till the US stops drone strikes and the Pakistani military ends its operations against militants, a Taliban spokesman said.
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