<p>At least three people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a suicide bomber in an auto-rickshaw blew himself up near a group of policemen in the provincial capital of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, a day after 14 people died in a similar attack in the city.<br /><br />The bomber, who was in his early 20s, detonated his explosives when the auto-rickshaw was stopped by policemen at the check post on the ring road at 10 am. The attack was the latest in a string of strikes that have killed more than 300 people over the past six weeks. A late October blast in Peshawar killed around 120 people in the deadliest attack to hit the country since 2007.<br /><br />Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan said the blast killed three persons and injured five. Other officials said the auto-rickshaw driver, a police constable and a property dealer were among the dead. Khan said the bomber apparently seemed to be heading somewhere else but blew himself up when he was stopped by the policemen. "There was a fire nearby where thousands of people had gathered. The bomber could have caused a lot of damage if he could have reached that spot," he said. Constable Tajuddin, one of the policemen at the check post, said the bomber was a youth aged about 20 years. Meanwhile, the death toll in Sunday's attack in a busy market on the outskirts of Peshawar today rose to 14, police said.</p>
<p>At least three people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a suicide bomber in an auto-rickshaw blew himself up near a group of policemen in the provincial capital of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, a day after 14 people died in a similar attack in the city.<br /><br />The bomber, who was in his early 20s, detonated his explosives when the auto-rickshaw was stopped by policemen at the check post on the ring road at 10 am. The attack was the latest in a string of strikes that have killed more than 300 people over the past six weeks. A late October blast in Peshawar killed around 120 people in the deadliest attack to hit the country since 2007.<br /><br />Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan said the blast killed three persons and injured five. Other officials said the auto-rickshaw driver, a police constable and a property dealer were among the dead. Khan said the bomber apparently seemed to be heading somewhere else but blew himself up when he was stopped by the policemen. "There was a fire nearby where thousands of people had gathered. The bomber could have caused a lot of damage if he could have reached that spot," he said. Constable Tajuddin, one of the policemen at the check post, said the bomber was a youth aged about 20 years. Meanwhile, the death toll in Sunday's attack in a busy market on the outskirts of Peshawar today rose to 14, police said.</p>