Five family members killed in Pakistan hotel blast

Five members of the same family were killed in an explosion at a hotel in Pakistan.

Police said the blast took place on the fourth storey of the Afandi Hotel on Grand Trunk Road in Peshawar.

Glass walls were blown from the building and cars in the street damaged by the force of the explosion.

Among the dead were two women, two children and a man. Initial investigations suggest the family are from Hangu and were visiting for medical treatment of one of the family members.

Authorities do not believe the incident to be terrorism-related and suspect the blast may have been caused by a gas leak.