Islamabad, March 05: Suspected Islamists Saturday blew up three schools in Pakistan’s northwest region, a media report said. There were no casualties.
Government officials said the militants detonated explosives in a school in Khyber region’s Bara area in the morning, Dawn News reported.
Three rooms of another school in Kohat region were demolished while a primary school was destroyed in Swabi area.
Over 500 schools have been destroyed in Pakistan’s northwest by the Pakistani Taliban who oppose education, especially girl education.
———IANS