An explosion was reported on Tuesday at a seminary in Peshawar's Dir Colony which claimed at least five lives while multiple others were injured.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Mansoor Aman confirmed the explosion.
In a statement, Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim said that five dead bodies and 50 injured — including children — have been brought to the facility.
He stated that the injured were being provided with immediate medical attention and the hospital's director was present at the emergency ward. He added that an emergency had also been declared at the medical facility.
SSP Aman said investigation is underway to determine the cause of the blast.
Last month, five people were killed and two others injured in a blast in the Akbarpura area of Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
District Police Officer (DPO) Najamal Hassan said that the explosion occurred in a market situated along the Kabul River. "Some people were collecting scrap material from the stones alongside the river. Some of the scrap included explosive material which detonated when they were weighing it."
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