Militants destroy two more schools in Mohmand Agency

Militants on Sunday blew up two more schools, raising the number of destroyed educational institutions to 53 in the volatile Mohmand Agency, tribal sources said.
The sources said a remote-controlled device was used to explode the explosives planted at the Government Boys Middle School in Malik Karim Gurbuz Killay in Safi subdivision during the night. The school building, the sources added, was destroyed in the explosion.
The militants also carried out bomb explosions at the Government Boys Middle School in Masood Ayub Kor village in the same tehsil and destroyed a major portion of the building.Soon after the explosions, the political administration launched search operation and arrested four tribesmen under the collective responsibility section of the Frontier Crimes Regulation.
In another incident, three goats were killed when an explosive device planted by suspected militants on a roadside went off in Ziarat Marble mine. The bomb was apparently planted to target the security forces whose personnel often fetched water from a nearby spring.
In Baizai tehsil, militants opened fire on a vehicle carrying poultry to Lakhkar Killay village. No casualty was, however, reported in the incident. Militants had earlier warned the transporters and other vehicle owners of stern action if they entered Baizai tehsil after October 2. Though several areas in Mohmand Agency have been purged of the militants, local people and the forces still face attacks by insurgents in the troubled tribal region.