Powerful bomb explosion at mosque in northwestern Pakistan kills five

WORLD, Feb. 28 (YPA) – A powerful bomb exploded at a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing five and wounding dozens of others, according to local police.

The blast occurred in Akora Khattak, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the police said.

Hamidul Haq, the head the seminary and leader of a faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) party, was among the dead.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the suicide blast.  Authorities have imposed a security cordon around the area.

Pakistan has been experiencing armed attacks and explosions, particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, which border Afghanistan.

@E.Y.M