Skip links
Skip to Content
play
Live
Sign up
Show navigation menu
Navigation menu
News
Show more news sections
Africa
Asia
US & Canada
Latin America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Middle East
Explained
Opinion
Sport
Video
More
Show more sections
Features
Economy
Human Rights
Climate Crisis
Investigations
Interactives
In Pictures
Science & Technology
Podcasts
Travel
play
Live
Click here to search
search
Sign up
In Pictures
Gallery
Gallery: Blast tears through Pakistan market
Save
Click here to share on social media
share-nodes
Share
facebook
x
whatsapp-stroke
copylink
google
Add Al Jazeera on Google
info
A car bomb ripped through a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday [AFP]
Published On 28 Oct 2009
28 Oct 2009
The marketplace in which the bomb was detonated was full with women and children shopping for food for their families [AFP]
Advertisement
The blast was suspected to have been caused by the Pakistani Taliban in response to the military's offensive in South Waziristan [AFP]
At least 90 people were killed in the attack [AFP]
The blast brought down buildings and caused a large fire [AFP]
Doctors said that at least 220 people were also injured in the attack [AFP]
The death toll is the largest from a single attack in the past two years [AFP]
Advertisement
Since the South Waziristan assault began, attacks on civilian areas have increased sharply [AFP]