Three people have been killed and 30 injured after an explosion occurred in a madrassah in Peshawar’s Dir Colony Tuesday morning, according to the police.
City SP Waqar Azeem said that four people have been killed and 25 injured in the explosion. “A person, who has yet to be identified, came to the madrassah at around 8am, kept a bag there, and left. There were explosives in the bag,” he told the media.
There were at least 40 to 50 people present at the site when the explosion occurred, he remarked.
The injured include madrassah students, according to Rescue 1122. The rescue service has sent nine ambulances to the site. Many children are said to be in critical condition and have been shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital.
The police and rescue teams have cordoned off the blast site.
The madrassah is located inside a mosque. There are many shops and apartments in the area.
NACTA’s threat alert
“Reportedly, the terrorist plan includes the assassination of high-profile political personalities through a well-articulated bomb blast/suicide bombing in near future,” NACTA told the security agencies in its letter.
In its letter, NACTA stated that security forces recovered eight improvised explosive devices in its raid in Balochistan’s Qamar Din Karez area on October 21 and it believes that the explosive material “was most likely destined for Quetta and KP”.
The counter terrorism authority suggested law enforcement agencies to increase the security of political and religious leaders in the country.
This is a breaking story and will be updated as more details become available.
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