Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80

Residents and rescue workers gather at the site of a bomb blast at a religious seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospital officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb in the northwestern city, near the border with Afghanistan, which has long been plagued by Islamist violence.