Uptick in violence: Primary school blown up in Mohmand Agency
More than 120 schools have been destroyed in Mohmand Agency, most of them in Safi tehsil
A file photo of a government-run girls primary school in Shalpin village in Khawazakhela tehsil, Swat that was burned down last year. PHOTO: EXPRESS
SHABQADAR:
Unidentified saboteurs blew up a government school in Mohmand Agency with an improvised explosive device on Friday.
Malak Bashir, a political administration official in Upper Mohmand Agency, said a primary school for boys in Koz Chamarkand Safi area was blown up in the early hours of Friday.
“The blast ripped through the school building and destroyed its two rooms and verandah,” Bashir said. However, there were no casualties in the school attack -- which was previously targeted two years ago.
Scores of educational institutions have borne the brunt of militant violence in the past decade.
Following the attack, security forces cordoned the area and mounted a search operation. The political administration also detained the school’s watchman under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). More than 120 schools have been destroyed in Mohmand Agency, most of them in Safi tehsil.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2016.
Unidentified saboteurs blew up a government school in Mohmand Agency with an improvised explosive device on Friday.
Malak Bashir, a political administration official in Upper Mohmand Agency, said a primary school for boys in Koz Chamarkand Safi area was blown up in the early hours of Friday.
“The blast ripped through the school building and destroyed its two rooms and verandah,” Bashir said. However, there were no casualties in the school attack -- which was previously targeted two years ago.
Scores of educational institutions have borne the brunt of militant violence in the past decade.
Following the attack, security forces cordoned the area and mounted a search operation. The political administration also detained the school’s watchman under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). More than 120 schools have been destroyed in Mohmand Agency, most of them in Safi tehsil.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2016.