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Car bomb kills 91 in Peshawar
At least 104 people, mostly women and children, were killed and over 150 injured when a huge car bomb ripped through a crowded market here on Wednesday.
The blast triggered a huge fire which engulfed a number of buildings near the Meena Bazaar. A plume of dust and smoke billowed from narrow lanes of the market situated in the old part of the city.
A senior intelligence official blamed terrorists based in Darra Adamkhel for the attack. 'We intercepted a call last week in which militants were talking about a 'heart-rending' attack in Peshawar,' he said.
A representative of the shopkeepers' association said threats had been received in recent days with militants demanding that women be forbidden from going to the market.