5 killed in Pakistan hotel explosion
Friday - May 11, 2018 12:28 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Islamabad May 11 (IANS) Five members of a family were killed and two others injured in an explosion at a hotel in Pakistan s Peshawar city police said on Friday.
The blast occurred on the fourth floor of Hotel Afandi in room number 408 on Thursday night reports Geo News.
According to a police official the family had come from Hangu to Peshawar for medical treatment and were staying at the hotel.
Police and rescue workers evacuated people from the hotel as a fire broken out following the explosion.
Additional Inspector General (AIG) police Shafqat Malik said an investigation was underway to determine the cause of the blast.
--IANS
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