Pakistan: deadly bombing at Peshawar religious school

Children among those killed after explosives hidden in bag detonate

An explosion at a religious seminary in Pakistan's northern city of Peshawar has killed at least seven people and injured 110 others, officials have said.

The deadly blast took place at about 8.30am at the Jamia Zuberia religious school in Dir Colony, where about 500 students were gathered to hear a lecture by influential cleric Rahimullah Haqqani. Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old and from the Khyber Pakthunkwa and Balochistan regions of Pakistan, as well as some from Afghanistan.