PESHAWAR: Two persons were killed and two others injured when a bomb exploded in Budhber area of Peshawar on Tuesday, Aaj news reported.

Police sources said that, it was a suicide attack targeted the Ex-mayor Peshawar Muhammad Fahim, but he was not present in the car at the time of attack. subsequently the two guards of Mayor were killed in the attack.

The presumed target, Muhammad Fahim, who heads a local anti-Taliban militia, was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack and so was not hurt, police said.

"A suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle of Muhammad Fahim, head of the local anti-Taliban peace force, killing his two security guards and wounding two others," senior local police official Shafiullah Khan said.

Another local police official, Shaukat Khan, confirmed the attack and casualties, and said all four security guards were policemen.

The attack took place in Bazidkhel village on the outskirts of Peshawar a day after a bomb hidden in a toy killed a mother and wounded three young children in the Nasir Bagh area on the edge of the city.