Police started a search operation in the area soon after the blast. — Photo by Reuters

PESHAWAR: At least six people were wounded, three of them critically, in an explosion in the northwestern Charsadda district on Monday, DawnNews reported.

The bomb blast took place on Nowshera road in front of a preaching centre in the region.

Government sources said the bomb was home-made and was planted on an electricity pole.

The blast occurred early on Monday and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

Police started a search operation in the area soon after the blast.

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