12 Feb 2014

Cinema-goers killed in Peshawar

8:24 am on 12 February 2014

At least 10 people have been killed in multiple explosions inside a cinema in the city of Peshawar in north-west Pakistan.

Security officials outside the Shama cinema in Peshawar after the incident.

Security officials outside the Shama cinema in Peshawar after the incident. Photo: AFP

It is not immediately clear who carried out the grenade attack.

The BBC reports owners of film theatres in Peshawar earlier complained of receiving warnings to close their businesses.

Insurgents denounce cinemas as immoral and un-Islamic for screening 'pornographic' films.

Explosions at another cinema in the city killed five people two weeks ago.