Suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar wounds at least eight

At least eight people have been wounded in a suicide bombing near a truck carrying paramilitary forces in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to police.

The explosion on Tuesday took place on a busy road in Hayatabad, a suburb of the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.

Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a newly founded armed group, claimed responsibility for the attack. Last week, the same group attacked a military base in the southwestern province of Balochistan, killing at least four soldiers.

Shehzad Akbar Khan, medical director of the Hayatabad Medical Complex, said two people had been admitted to the hospital for treatment after Tuesday’s explosion. They were both in stable condition. The remaining wounded were taken to a military hospital.

Read more: Al Jazeera