Pakistan Blast: At least 7 Dead, 70 Injured After Explosion Rocks Peshawar's Dir Colony

Pakistan, October 27: A blast was reported in Peshawar’s Dir Colony on Tuesday, according to police. According to the latest report, at least 7 people have died and 70 are injured in a blast near a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony. The injured have been rushed to the hospital and several are reported to be critical. More details on this are awaited.

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According to initial media reports, the blast occurred in a religious seminary (madrasa) in a mosque, located in Zargarabad near Deer Colony in Peshawar. Pakistan: Blast at Quetta's Liaquat Bazar; 2 Feared Dead, Several Injured.

Blast reported in Peshawar's Dir Colony

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Police and rescue teams have rushed towards the site where the explosion has occurred. In a similar incident, at least four people were killed in a bomb explosion on Sunday in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in Pakistan.