Two girls school blown up in Landi Kotal

LANDI KOTAL: Militants blew up two girls schools and an alcohol shop in Khyber tribal region on Monday, officials said.A science laboratory and an adjacent classroom were partially damaged when an explosive device went off at the Government Higher Secondary School for Girls, situated close to an army camp.Claiming responsibility for the blast, Umar Farooq, a spokesman of local militants demanded the girls’ school shut within a week.Speaking to local reporters on phone from an undisclosed location, he threatened to attack girls students if the school was not closed.The boundary wall of another girls primary school at Nadar Khan Zakhakhel Kalay was damaged when a low intensity explosive device went off at around midnight.Militants also blew up a shop at Charwazgai for allegedly selling local made alcohol. The shop was completely destroyed by the blast.In a related incident, militants fired a rocket at the Landi Kotal helipad which landed near the Hamza Baba mausoleum situated near the helipad.
Another low intensity explosive device went off near the boundary wall of the Government Degree College for Boys which smashed window pans of nearby houses.