A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the “University of Jihad” — where key Taliban leaders have studied — killed six people on Friday, police said.

Among those who died was Hamid ul Haq Haqqani, the head of the Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania school, in Akora Khattak, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) east of Peshawar.

“Initial reports suggest the blast occurred after Friday prayers as people were gathering to greet Hamid ul Haq. It appears to be a suicide attack,” Abdul Rasheed, the district police chief, told AFP.

The explosion left six dead including the suicide bomber and 16 injured, three of whom are in a critical condition, Rasheed said, adding that an Afghan national is among the dead.

Rasheed said that Haqqani, the head of a local rightwing Islamist party, appeared to be the target of the bomber.

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