A minimum of 4 individuals have died after an explosion throughout a category at a non secular faculty in Pakistan, police have mentioned.

One officer, chatting with information company Reuters on situation of anonymity, mentioned youngsters had been among the many useless.

Dozens of others had been injured within the assault, which befell within the northern metropolis of Peshawar.

No group has but claimed duty. An investigation has been launched.

Waqar Azim, a senior police official, informed information company AFP that “somebody took a bag contained in the seminary” earlier than leaving the room.

The town of Peshawar, near the Afghan border, has seen among the worst of the violence throughout the Taliban insurgency in recent times.

Six years in the past, gunmen stormed a army faculty within the metropolis leaving greater than 150 useless, together with many youngsters.