Islamabad: A powerful suicide balst ripped through a madressah in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Nowshera district, killing 6 people and injuring 15 others.
Injured have been taken to a nearrby hospital.
The balst occjured when people gathered for Friday prayers in the main hall of the madressah.
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Emergency declared
An emergency has been declared in all hospitals and health facilities across Peshawar by the KP Health Department with immediate effect, the Dawn reported, citing a statement.
No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police has launched the investigation.
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The seminary was in the news as its students were accused of involing in the murder of Ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The madressah has, however, denied having any connection with the suspects, the Dawn Reported.
