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Three massive blasts rock Peshawar within 20 min
PESHAWAR: A series of powerful explosions and gunfire rocked Peshawar area of Saddar on Monday as heavy grey smoke spewed into the sky, witnesses and a security official said.The causes of the blasts were not immediately clear, said the security official and local residents.
Television footage showed a heavy mushroom cloud and smoke rising into the air over the garrison part of the city, close to the US consulate and the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's top spy agency, bombed last November.
Bursts of heavy gunfire could also be heard.
The injured are being rescued to safer places. The Khyber Road, where the US Consulate is situated, has been closed.
The cameras of news channels were live covering the incident with security personnel on their positions, when two consecutive blasts occurred.
The series of these three blasts occurred within 20 minutes.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv