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![Pakistani security officials inspect the site of the suicide bomb blast in Peshawar [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Pakistan/2/1/2/stadium.jpg "Pakistani security officials inspect the site of the suicide bomb blast in Peshawar [AFP]") | | Pakistani security officials inspect the site of the suicide bomb blast in Peshawar [AFP] |
A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a packed sports stadium in the northwest of Pakistan, killing at least three people and wounding nine others, police said.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday in Peshawar city, but several attacks in past months have been blamed on Al-Qaeda-linked pro-Taliban fighters. The bombing took place at the closing ceremony of a sports event attended by senior government officials, Nisar Khan, a police official, said. A police official said that Owais Ghani, the provicincial governor, had left the stadium minutes before the explosion. The blast damaged six vehicles parked outside the stadium, police officials said. Peshawar is the capital of North West Frontier Province which borders Afghanistan.
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