A powerful blast went off near a refugee camp at Nowshera in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Thursday, killing at least three persons and injuring dozens more.
The blast occurred near the sprawling Jalozai camp, which houses both Afghan refugees and people displaced by recent fighting in the northwest, shortly before noon.
State-run Radio Pakistan reported three persons were killed by the explosion.
About 30 people were injured, TV news channels reported.
The blast, which was heard from several kilometres away, went off at a time when a large number of people had gathered in the area to collect rations distributed by relief organisations.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
The nature of the blast could not immediately be ascertained.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan’s northwest has witnessed a spike in militant violence ahead of the general election scheduled to be held on May 11.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan recently suspended its offer for peace talks with the government and warned it would attack several political parties during the election campaign, including the Pakistan Peoples Party.
—PTI