5 including 4 children injured in Peshawar blast
At least four children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Peshawar’s Warsak Road on Tuesday morning.
Peshawar: At least four children were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Peshawar’s Warsak Road on Tuesday morning.
Bilal Ahmad Faizi, the spokesman for emergency rescue services, said an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on a busy road in Peshawar at 9:10 a.m. (0410 GMT). He said five people, including four children, were injured.
Two of the children were in critical condition, Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said.
The incident took place near Peshawar Public School. He added that around four kilogrammes of explosives were used in the IED which was disguised as a “cemented block”, said Warsak Superintendent Arshad Khan.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
(Input from Agencies)
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