As per the report around seven people have died and more than 50 people are being injured after an huge explosion taken placed. The event took place during a on- going class at a religious school in Pakistan, police have said.
Hospital officials says,”those killed in the attack, which took place in the northern city of Peshawar, were aged between 20 and 30.”
Dozens of others people were injured, including four under the age of 13.
No group has yet claimed any kind of responsibility. And investigation has been started.
Earlier reports suggested that four of the dead were children, but this has since been retracted.
The city of Peshawar is close to the Afghan border and has seen some of the worst of the violence during the Taliban insurgency in recent years.
What exactly had happened?
The blast took place at about 08:30 local time (03:30 GMT), police told the BBC.
About 60 people are understood to have been in the class at the religious school, known as a madrassa.
An eyewitness has told the police he saw a man enter the building with a bag of explosives shortly before the blast.
Images from inside the room show extensive damage.
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Shafqat Malik told Pakistan’s Express Tribune newspaper that 5kg (11lbs) of explosives were used in the attack.
Hospital officials told Reuters news agency that they had received dozens of injured, many with burns.
The AFP news agency has quoted police as saying that that two teachers were among the injured.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed “regret over the loss of precious lives”, strongly condemning the blast.
