Tue 27 October 2020:
A blast at a religious seminary in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar killed at least seven people including several children and injured 70 others, officials have said.
“The blast took place in a madrassa where unknown people had planted explosives in a plastic bag,” a police officer said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak with media. Children were among the dead, he added.
Television footage from the scene of the blast showed significant damage to the interior of the mosque’s main prayer hall, with pockmarks dotting the ceiling and debris strewn across the floor.
#Pakistan #Peshawar in a #madrasa at Ring Road a bomb went off.
More than 20 students critically wounded.
How can a bomb blast happen in a religious school? Was it a bomb-making class gone wrong? pic.twitter.com/ryMq19tFtI
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#Bomb #blast in #Pakistan : At least 7 killed, over 70 injured as huge explosion rocks #Peshawar on Tuesday. Mostly children were injured. pic.twitter.com/hdJoRrQwpG
— JK Fact (@JnKFact) October 27, 2020
Speaking to reporters, Peshawar city’s police chief Muhammad Ali Khan confirmed seven deaths and at least 72 wounded in the incident.
“This happened at 8:30am, children were reading the Quran here. That is when the explosion occurred,” he said.
“The initial investigation shows […] that 5-6 kilogrammes of explosive material was used… that a bag of explosives was left here.”
Provincial health minister Taimur Khan Jhagra said the wounded were being treated at the Lady Reading Hospital, the city’s main government hospital.
“There have been 72 [wounded] patients brought to LRH, and there have been seven unfortunate deaths,” Jhagra told reporters at the hospital.
“Our sole focus right now is for the injured patients to be given the best possible care and so that they have the best chance to recover.”
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.
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