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Bomb kills 4 school girls, 6 others, wounds 126 in Lower Dir
 Pakistani men inspect the damage to a school building in Bara, Khyber region, in this November 2009 file photo. In the most recent bombing, four girls were killed by a bomb placed near a school in Lower Dir February 3, 2010. [STR/AFP/Getty Images) |
LOWER DIR, Pakistan -- At least ten people, including four school girls, were killed and 126 others were wounded by a bomb placed near a girls school in tehsil Balambat in Lower Dir February 3, news media reported.
"We have four dead bodies. They are schoolgirls aged 10 to 15", Mohammad Wakeel, chief physician at the local hospital in Taimargara, the main town in Lower Dir, was quoted as saying by AFP.
According to the daily Jang, 70 female students were among the 126 wounded, who were sent to hospitals in Peshawar, Taimargara and Swat. Other children were believed killed in the blast, the newspaper report.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the blast, according to several news sources.
Video shot by local television showed significant damage to the school building, as rescuers dug through the rubble. One news report said a young girl was trapped under a collapsed wall.
Among the dead were three American soldiers travelling to another school as part of a humanitarian assistance program.
TTP opposes the education of girls and considers it against their interpretation of Shariah.
Reader Comments
Sir, I am sorry to say but the Sharia is the same everywhere. If (you) want only character assassination, then it is something different.
im student of Msc.economics.I feel pain in my heart when ever i listen about the bumb blast. why people kill the students? what do the want? they are enemy of humonity .