Pakistan: Explosion Rocks Peshawar, 19 Children Injured
7 killed, 70 injured in Pakistan blast, s say explosives planted in bag left at Peshawar madrassa
An explosion rocked Pakistan’s Peshawar on Tuesday morning. The shocking incident happened at a Madrassah at Kohart Road in Dir Colony in Peshawar. Reportedly seven people were killed and as many as 70 were injured. the event was confirmed by Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Mansoor Aman, Dawn reported.
All the injured are shifted to Lady Reading Hospital at Peshawar. A spokesman for the woman Reading Hospital nearby said it had received seven dead and 70 wounded patients, many with burns suffered within the blast.
Reuters quoted sources”The blast happened during a madrassa where unknown people had planted explosives during a bag . Many children were among the dead”
Rescue teams have reached the blast site and operations are underway. the world has been cordoned off.
On October 21, a strong explosion had ripped through a four-storey building in Pakistan’s Sindh province. It had killed a minimum of five people and injured 20 others.
Two floors of the building near Maskan Chowrangi within the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in Karachi were severely damaged, leading authorities to fear that the toll may rise.
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