Police in northwestern Pakistan say an attacker has blown himself in a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary, killing a top cleric and five other worshippers and wounding dozens ahead of the fasting month

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban, police and a government spokesman said.

A blast at an Islamic seminary known for training Afghan Taliban leaders in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has injured several people, including the chief of the religious school,

An attacker blew himself up Friday in a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

Police in northwestern Pakistan said Friday a suicide bomber detonated himself during afternoon prayers at the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary, killing at least six worshipers and wounding more than a dozen others.

A senior cleric and five other worshippers were killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack at a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, police said. Many people were wounded during the attack in a mosque at the Jamia Haqqania seminary,