ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) — Two back to back explosions occurred at the Internally Displaced Persons’s (IDP) camp in northwest Pakistan’s Kohat on Saturday, killing up to 50 people and injuring numerous others.

The blasts happened at the IDP camp in Kacha Pakha, about 15 kilometers from Kohat, where some 150,000 people are being housed by the government. The first blast was quickly followed by a second blast when people gathered for relief activities.

Pakistani state media reported that at least 30 people had been killed, while the Private TV channel Express News reported that the death toll had reached 50. Scores of other people have been injured.

Gunfire was also heard soon after the blasts.

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