One killed as gunmen attack school in Dera Ghazi Khan

Police officer says they are still not sure how many gunmen there were and whether they are still there

Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Dera Ghazi Khan on Monday and killed a guard, police said.

Police said all teachers and children at the high school for boys were safe after the gunmen killed the guard in the central town of Dera Ghazi Khan, 500 km southwest of Islamabad.

"We are still not sure how many gunmen there were and whether they are still there. The police are searching,"  district police officer Rehmat Ullah Khan Niazi told Reuters.

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