Three more girls' schools set on fire

02 Aug, 2008

Unknown miscreants here on Friday torched three more girls' school at Sakhara in troubled Matta Tehsil, mounting the burning toll of schools to five during last 24 hours in the restive district. Police said that armed militants burnt to ashes the government girls high and primary schools Sakhara and the government primary school Shamat.
Resultantly, all the furniture and records of the schools were destroyed. It may be mentioned here that total five schools were torched during last 24 hours in Swat. Meanwhile, Bomb Disposal Squad defused two powerful bombs planted in the Girls School Gulbagh and on road side in the jurisdiction of Khawaza Khela police station.

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