Targeting education: High School for Boys blown in up FR Peshawar

Suspected militants detonate three bombs planted in the school, which completely destroyed the building.

PESHAWAR: Suspected militants blew up the Government High School for boys in Sra Dargai, Kandao area of Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar, where a military operation to root out anti-state elements is currently underway.

Local residents told The Express Tribune that suspected militants detonated the school building by planting three bombs on different walls of the school, adding the explosion has further panicked local tribesmen.

“It was around 10pm when the explosions occurred. We rushed outside our houses and saw the school building was no longer visible,” a local said, requesting anonymity. He added that it was the only high school providing local boys education until matriculation.

This is not the first time a school in Kandao has been destroyed. The Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Samand Khan Kaley, Kandao was also blown up, which resulted in many local female students abandoning their education since most parents cannot bear the cost of sending their daughters to the provincial capital of Peshawar.

Earlier, Government Higher Secondary School for Boys Adezai and Government High School for Boys Sherkera also met the same fate when suspected militants reduced both school buildings to rubbles.

Kandao is located nearly 80 kilometres south of Peshawar.