PESHAWAR: Suspected militants blew up on Friday a girls’ school in the Wana Dubkot area of the South Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
There was no loss of life reported in the incident but the school premises was heavily damaged.
This is the second attack targeting educational institutions in Waziristan. Last week, a girls’ school was blown up by unidentified attackers in the Shewa Tehsil area.
Residents voiced concerns, revealing that it was the only private girls’ school in the area and had been under constant threat from terrorist elements for some time. Despite prior alerts to law enforcement, no measures were taken to safeguard the educational institution. Describing the incident, a police official told The Express Tribune about how armed and masked assailants forcibly entered the premises, overpowering the night watchman who suffered serious injuries during the ordeal.
Subsequently, they planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) within the building, triggering a powerful explosion. The watchman was released by the perpetrators before they fled the scene.
This targeted school held significant importance as the sole private educational facility catering exclusively to girls in the entire North Waziristan district.
Its reputation for delivering quality education made it a preferred choice among parents.
On May 2, unknown assailants ignited a blaze at a school in North Waziristan, according to police reports. Approximately 10 to 15 individuals, yet to be identified, breached the school premises by scaling its walls, where they subdued the watchmen and proceeded to ignite solved exam papers using incendiary materials.
These papers were collected from 23 examination centres under the Bannu Education Board. –Agencies
