Four children and an adult injured in Pakistan blast


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Dec 2023

A view shows a building damaged due to an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on December 5, 2023. KP Rescue 1122/Handout via REUTERS

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Four children, aged 7 to 10, and an adult were injured in an explosion in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early on Tuesday, hospital and rescue officials said.

Bilal Ahmad Faizi, the spokesman for emergency rescue services, said an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on a busy road in Peshawar at 9:10 a.m. (0410 GMT). He said five people, including four children, were injured.

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