Hotel bomb kills at least 24 in Pakistan's Peshawar

Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 16:09 [IST]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (Reuters) - A bomb planted in a hotel reception killed at least 24 people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today, a provincial official said.

''My information is 24 people lost their lives in the blast and 25 to 30 were wounded,'' Asif Iqbal Daudzai, Information Minister for North West Frontier Province told Reuters.

REUTERS RJ KP1525

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