Third terrorist blast in a week kills 40 in Peshawar

A car bomb, detonated by remote control, ripped through Peshawar's oldest bazaar Monday, killing 40 people and injuring 90 in the third blast to hit the troubled Pakistani city in a week. Such attacks in the northwestern Pakistani city have claimed more than 140 lives since last Sunday, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of worshippers at a church, killing 85 people. 

 

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