Peshawar, April 28: At least seven people were killed and score others, became critical on Monday when a massive blast rocked the office of a peace committee in Pakistan's volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The explosion took place at the office of a local peace committee in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan district, police confirmed.
According to hospital administration, 16 injured people were brought to the hospital after the explosion, of which seven succumbed to their injuries.
So far, no militant group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
The violent explosion destroyed the building of the peace committee's office
The police said that the blast was so powerful that it caused the peace committee's office building to collapse,trapping several individuals under the debris.
Rescue teams and locals reached the site upon receiving the information and started an operation to retrieve the injured ones from the rubble.
Later they were taken to a nearby hospital for resuscitation.
While, a warlike situation wreak Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack in India’s Jammu & Kashmir, today’s blast added much to the worries of the Pak government.
