Education Targeted: Private school blown up in Swabi

SWABI: A school was destroyed by unidentified assailants in Lahor tehsil of Swabi district on Thursday. The culprits planted explosives along the boundary wall of a private school. The school’s watchman told the police that around 3am, the bomb exploded, partially destroying the school building. SHO Malook Shah, talking to The Express Tribune, said that a classroom had also been destroyed. Mazhar Ali, the owner of the school, told police that his rivals may have been behind the incident but did not take any names.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2012.