At least 30 suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in an explosion, suspected to be a missile attack, in a seminary in Pakistan’s restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said.

There were conflicting reports about the place and cause of the blast.

Three rockets fired from Afghanistan hit a madrassa in a small village south of Dattakhil area of North Waziristan between 10:00 and 11:00 am, killing 30 to 35 people and wounding several others, a local security official said on condition of anonymity.

“More than 50 people, mainly students, were present in the seminary at the time,” he added.
However, Pakistani military spokesman denied that it was caused by a rocket attack.

“We were informed by the local administration that some explosive device being made by terrorists might have detonated prematurely,” Major-General Waheed Arshad told Geo news channel.