PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Peshawar Blast Toll Rises to 70, According to officials at least 70 people died and about 150 among them women and children were injured in an explosion in the congestion zone Peepal Mandi in Peshawar on Wednesday.

DCO Peshawar Sahibzada Anis has confirmed 70 deaths in the terrorist attack, adding that about 150 people were injured in the incident.

Shafqat Hussain AIG Police said about 150 kilograms of explosives were used in the attack.

The blast damaged more than 300 shops in four buildings, while that 70 to 80 stores and a building of the mosque were razed to the ground, witnesses said. Several people are said to still be trapped under the rubble of buildings and rescue teams are tryng to recover the wounded and the bodies from the rubble.

The authorities have declared emergency in hospitals. Some people were taken to 80injured Lady Reading and other hospitals in the city. Lady Reading Hospital officials have appealed the people to donate blood for those wounded in the attack.

Police sources said a car bomb was detonated by remote control.

Firefighters have controlled the blaze, which erupted when the bomb exploded in the area Peepal Mandi.