A suicide attack near Peshawar killed 13 people and injured more than 30 others on Sunday [AFP]
"The bomber was in a rickshaw and detonated his explosives when the rickshaw was stopped for a check," Zafar Khan, a police official said on Monday.
At least three people have been killed and five others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police have said.
"One of our constables, a passerby and the rickshaw driver were killed," he said.
Police said five other people were wounded in the blast at Pathang intersection on the well-known ring road around the city.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
A suicide attack rocked Matani district near Peshawar on Sunday, killing 13 people, including the Matani mayor, and injuring more than 30 others.
The Taliban has unleashed a campaign of attacks in Pakistan in recent weeks in retaliation for a major offensive by security forces in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan.
Pakistani police said today that a suicide bomber in a rickshaw has killed three people in Peshawar, a day after another suicide bomber killed thirteen people in a crowded market outside the northwestern city.

Police say the suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a checkpoint on a frequently traveled road that runs around Peshawar. Officials say a constable, a passerby, and the rickshaw driver were among the dead. The blast wounded five other people.

According to a senior local police officer, the attacker was probably intending to detonate the bomb in a more crowded area, but decided to set it off when security officials stopped the rickshaw in order to check it.

"The bomber was in a rickshaw and detonated his explosives when the rickshaw was stopped for a check," said police official Zafar Khan. "One of our constables, a passerby and the rickshaw driver were killed."

Local government official Sahibzada Anis said that "despite all the security arrangements you cannot stop one who is bent upon killing himself and others. Our police are rendering their lives to save citizens but these kinds of incidents are hard to stop."

No person or group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.