At least 15 people, including four children, were injured in a late-night hand grenade attack Sunday on a Jamaatud Dawa madrassah in Peshawar’s Tehkal area.
Superintendent Police Cantonment Peshawar Kashif said the assailants opened fire and lobbed grenades at the Baitul Mukarrama Alhadees seminary.
At least seven people were injured in the attack and police arrested one of the attackers,” SSP Operation Abbas Majeed Marwat, told local media
One of the attackers suffered serious injuries and was shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar for treatment where he is in critical condition, the SP said, adding it was possible the attacker was injured as a result of firing by one of his own men.
Some of the injured were identified as Ali, Talha, Smain Jan, Osman, Samiullah, Qasim, Ghulam Ali, Tahir and Tilawat.
Khyber Teaching Hospital sources confirmed they received 16 people injured in the seminary attack, out of which four people were discharged after treatment and 11 retained in the hospital.