PESHAWAR: Taliban militants blew up a girls’ school on Saturday in northwest Pakistan, the latest in a wave of attacks by extremists targeting educational institutions, a minister said.

No one was hurt in the attack, which took place in the village of Huwaid, eight kilometres (five miles) north of the town of Bannu.

“The explosive material was planted at three different places in the girls’ primary school, which completely destroyed five out of seven rooms of the building,” provincial education minister Sardar Hussain Babak said.

He blamed the attack on Taliban, saying they were “opposed to girls’ education”.

Senior police official Iqbal Marwat confirmed the incident. He added: “No one was hurt in the explosion as it occurred at 6:00 am (0100 GMT).”

Six suspects were arrested later during a search operation in the area.
Source: Dawn
Date:2/7/2010