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Explosion in Peshawar Injures Five, Including Four Children

Two of the children are in critical condition following the blast from an improvised explosive device.

  • Four children, aged 7 to 10, and an adult were injured in an explosion in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
  • An improvised explosive device (IED) went off on a busy road in Peshawar at 9:10 a.m. (0410 GMT).
  • Two of the children are in critical condition.
  • There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
  • Peshawar's police chief, Mohammad Ashfaq Anwar, stated there was no indication school children were the target of the attack.
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