Nine children, including three girls, were injured when a drone struck a madrassa in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Friday (December 26, 2025).
The drone targeted the religious seminary located in Shadikhel village in Tank district on Thursday (December 25, 2025) while children were attending classes, they said.
Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Tank, officials said.
Hospital authorities confirmed that the injured comprised three girls and six boys, adding that all were out of danger.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
