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At least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.The blast ripped through a busy market on the outskirts of the city.

Reports say the bomber appeared to have been targeting a local mayor, who was wounded in the attack.

Islamist militants have unleashed a campaign of attacks in Pakistan in recent weeks in retaliation for an army offensive in South Waziristan.

Last month a massive blast at Peshawar's Peepal Mandi market killed 118 people.


The government blamed the attack on Pakistani Taliban, but the head of the group denied being behind it.