Bomb kills six near Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A bomb attack near the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least six people on Sunday, police said.

"The blast took place at a bus stop and it seems the bomb was planted," said Raheem Khan, a police inspector. Ten people were wounded.

Pakistan's Taliban militants, who have close ties to al Qaeda, have carried out a series of attacks to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Special Forces in a Pakistani town on May 2.