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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani police say a bomb has exploded near a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, injuring five people.
Peshawar police chief Ijaz Khan says the car bomb went off outside a home near a school Thursday evening in the city's Gulshan Rehman area. The school was closed at the time.
Police official Aalam Sher said the injured were being transported to the hospital. Local TV footage showed people who appeared to be teenagers being put into ambulances.
The blast capped a particularly bloody day in Pakistan. Gunmen attacked law enforcement facilities across the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, while a car bomb devastated a northwestern police station, killing a total of 38 people in an escalating wave of terror.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a large explosion has been heard in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Local police official Attique Shah says the explosion was heard Thursday evening in the busy Kohat road area and ambulances were rushing to the scene.
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