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| A powerful bomb in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 15 people, police say. | A powerful bomb in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 15 people, police say. |
| Latest reports say part of the hotel, the Marhaba, has collapsed, trapping people inside. The bomb is reported to have gone off in the lobby. | Latest reports say part of the hotel, the Marhaba, has collapsed, trapping people inside. The bomb is reported to have gone off in the lobby. |
| A number of the wounded have been taken to hospital. Some local media reports put the death toll higher. | A number of the wounded have been taken to hospital. Some local media reports put the death toll higher. |
| Peshawar has seen many recent attacks, some causing serious loss of life. | Peshawar has seen many recent attacks, some causing serious loss of life. |
| The Marhaba, in Peshawar's old city, is popular with tribal visitors from Afghanistan. | The Marhaba, in Peshawar's old city, is popular with tribal visitors from Afghanistan. |
| The blast happened at lunchtime when the hotel was crowded with diners, the provincial police chief, Sharif Virk said. | |
| He said his men believed the bomb was probably planted, rather than being a suicide attack. | |
| Local people are trying to get any survivors out of the building as well as retrieving bodies. |