Bomb hits US vehicle in Peshawar

Two foreigners are among seven people who have been wounded in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

Initial reports said a roadside bomb hit an armoured vehicle in which the foreigners were travelling. The blast rammed it into an electric pole.

A passer-by was killed in the attack, police said.

Pakistan has seen a spurt in violence since al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed earlier this month.

Al-Qaeda and its Pakistan Taliban allies have threatened to avenge the 2 May killing by US commandos.

Last Friday, a twin suicide bombing killed more than 80 people, most of them paramilitary recruits, in north-west Pakistan.

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