At least 15 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when a bomb ripped through a crowded marketplace in Koocha Risaldar area of Peshawar Friday, police said. "Fifteen people were killed and up to 70 injured in the bomb blast that took place in a main market in Peshawar city," local police official Shahnawaz Khan told a foreign news agency. According to a security official, the explosion was close to a Shiite mosque located in the city's main Qisakhawani bazaar, but it was not clear if it was the target. The market was packed with shoppers preparing for the Eid celebrations. The blast ripped through a hotel and several adjoining buildings, causing mayhem among a crowd of shoppers in the busy marketplace.