Two die in blast near school in Peshawar

January 19th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS  

Peshawar, Jan 19 (IANS) At least two people were killed and several children were injured Wednesday in a blast that took place near a school in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar city, police said.

The bomb went off outside a private school in Nothia area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, reported Xinhua quoting local media reports.

Most of the injured were children.

The bomb was planted outside the school building, police said.

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