Peshawar blast targets US vehicle

Published September 3, 2012
Security personnel cordon off the area around a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Security personnel cordon off the area around a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Evidence being collected by Pakistani security personnel.
Evidence being collected by Pakistani security personnel.
Pakistani rescuers and security personnel gather at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Pakistani rescuers and security personnel gather at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Pakistani policemen collect evidence at a bomb blast site in Peshawar on September 3, 2012.
Pakistani policemen collect evidence at a bomb blast site in Peshawar on September 3, 2012.
Rescue workers inspect the badly damaged US consulate vehicle at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Rescue workers inspect the badly damaged US consulate vehicle at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Pakistani rescuers and security personnel gather at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.
Pakistani rescuers and security personnel gather at a bomb blast site in Peshawar.

Bomb blast site in Peshawar on September 3, 2012, targets US consulate’s car. The US embassy in Islamabad denied reports that two Americans had been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar. A Pakistan intelligence official confirmed the US consulate car was the target, with another saying a suicide bomber ploughed his vehicle into it. – Photos by AFP

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