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Peshawar bombing: At least seven dead in Pakistan school attack
Source: BBC
Peshawar bombing: At least seven dead in Pakistan school attack
27 October 2020
At least seven people have been killed and more than 50 injured by a bomb attack on a religious school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
Hospital officials say those killed were young men, aged between 20 and 30. Dozens of others were injured, including four under the age of 13.
The motive for the attack on a Koran study class is unclear. Hundreds of students were present at the seminary.
No group has said it carried out the attack, which is being investigated.
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27 October 2020
At least seven people have been killed and more than 50 injured by a bomb attack on a religious school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
Hospital officials say those killed were young men, aged between 20 and 30. Dozens of others were injured, including four under the age of 13.
The motive for the attack on a Koran study class is unclear. Hundreds of students were present at the seminary.
No group has said it carried out the attack, which is being investigated.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54701753
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Source: The Guardian
Pakistan: deadly bombing at Peshawar religious school
Students among those killed after explosives hidden in bag detonate
Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad
Tue 27 Oct 2020 08.20 GMT
An explosion at a religious seminary in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar has killed at least eight people and injured 136 others.
The deadly blast took place at about 8.30am at the Jamia Zuberia religious school in Dir Colony, where about 500 students were gathered to hear a lecture by influential cleric Rahimullah Haqqani. Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old and from the Khyber Pakthunkwa and Balochistan regions of Pakistan, as well as some from Afghanistan.
In response to the incident, Pakistan said it would close its border with Afghanistan from Wednesday.
A police superintendent, Waqar Azeem Kharal, said the explosion had been caused by at least five kilograms of high-quality explosives brought into the lecture hall in a bag. Kharal said that ball bearings were also used in the explosives. “It shows the attackers planned for mass casualties,” he said.
Police superintendent Rajab Ali of the counter terrorism department confirmed it was being treated as an act of terrorism. “It is too early to say who is behind the attack but from the way it was planned and carried out it is definitely a terrorist attack,” he said.
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Students among those killed after explosives hidden in bag detonate
Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad
Tue 27 Oct 2020 08.20 GMT
An explosion at a religious seminary in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar has killed at least eight people and injured 136 others.
The deadly blast took place at about 8.30am at the Jamia Zuberia religious school in Dir Colony, where about 500 students were gathered to hear a lecture by influential cleric Rahimullah Haqqani. Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old and from the Khyber Pakthunkwa and Balochistan regions of Pakistan, as well as some from Afghanistan.
In response to the incident, Pakistan said it would close its border with Afghanistan from Wednesday.
A police superintendent, Waqar Azeem Kharal, said the explosion had been caused by at least five kilograms of high-quality explosives brought into the lecture hall in a bag. Kharal said that ball bearings were also used in the explosives. “It shows the attackers planned for mass casualties,” he said.
Police superintendent Rajab Ali of the counter terrorism department confirmed it was being treated as an act of terrorism. “It is too early to say who is behind the attack but from the way it was planned and carried out it is definitely a terrorist attack,” he said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/27/pakistan-blast-at-seminary-in-peshawar-kills-injured
