50 injured after massive blast rocks Pakistan's Peshawar city

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: October 27, 2020 10:33 AM2020-10-27T10:33:23+5:302020-10-27T10:37:16+5:30

At least 50 persons, mostly children, were injured in a massive blast reported in Pakistan's Peshawar on Tuesday. The ...

50 injured after massive blast rocks Pakistan's Peshawar city | 50 injured after massive blast rocks Pakistan's Peshawar city

50 injured after massive blast rocks Pakistan's Peshawar city

At least 50 persons, mostly children, were injured in a massive blast reported in Pakistan's Peshawar on Tuesday. The blast was reported at the Dir Colony, according to Geo News.

Geo News reported quoting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi and other police officials that at least four people were killed and over 50 injured in a blast inside a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony. At least 19 children were injured in a blast near a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony, reported Pakistan Media.

According to Rescue 1122, the injured have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital and another medical facility where the condition of several of them is stated to be critical.

The doctors told that more casualties are feared as some of the wounded children are in critical condition.

The police and rescue teams have reached the crime scene and launched the rescue operation.

According to the police officials, it is premature to say anything about the nature of the blast. 

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