Bomb at seminary in northwest Pakistan kills 5 worshippers, wounds dozens ahead of Ramadan

A powerful bomb exploded at a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday (February 28, 2025), killing at least five worshippers and wounding dozens of others ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, according to local police.

The blast occurred in Akora Khattak, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Abdul Rashid, a district police chief said.

He said Hamidul Haq, who is the head of a faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) party, is also among those who were critically wounded. Rashid said officers are investigating, and the dead and wounded are being transported to hospitals.