20 killed in Peshawar court blast

PESHAWAR. November 20. KAZINFORM. Twenty people were killed including a suicide bomber who struck a court in Peshawar on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Arab News.

The bomber, who arrived in a taxi, was being searched by police officers at the gate of the city's lower court when he detonated explosives on his body, government official Sahibzada Anees said.

Several damaged motorbikes were strewn at the site, on the main Khyber Road, and firefighters sprayed water on a charred, smoking white car. Dr. Saib Gul of the city's Lady Reading Hospital said 19 people, including three policemen, were killed and 51 were wounded.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said most militant commanders were either killed or on the run; Kazinform cites Arab News. See www.arabnews.com for full version.