Pakistani security personnel stand guard outside the Iranian consulate following a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar on February on February 24, 2014. PHOTO: AFP
SP Ahsanullah confirmed that the blast was suicidal in nature and stated that after the bomber was stopped from entering the checkpost in his car, he triggered the bomb.
Security officials have cordoned off the area in efforts to carry out an investigation and the police have seized the car that allegedly belonged to the individual.
The injured are being taken to Khyber Teaching Hospital.
The blast was followed by firing by the security guards of the Iranian consulate.
The consulate is located in a residential area and has schools in its vicinity.
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