This just in, at least about people were killed and more than 100 injured in a bomb blast which took place this morning inside a madrassah in Peshawar’s Dil Colony.
Police and rescue service arrived at the crime scene and launched operations. KP Police said initial investigations revealed that the time-bomb was planted inside a bag.
There were nearly 1,000 children in the madrassah at the time of the blast. Majority of the victims are children and instructors as the blast took place during classes at the religious school. According to sources, teachers and boys as young as 7 were among the wounded.
The injured were moved to Lady Reading Hospital where at least five are in critically wounded. Officials confirmed receiving at least seven bodies and over 70 injured. Another 36 were shifted to Naseerullah Babar Memorial Hospital.
