Miscreants blow up girls school in Tank

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unknown miscreants blew up an under-construction government girls school in Bolton Kalu Parangi area of Tank district on Wednesday.

Local residents and police said the school building was completely destroyed in the explosion. However, no casualty was reported.

Tank district police officer Sajjad Ahmed confirmed the incident, saying four to five kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast.

He said the police had lodged an FIR against unknown miscreants and started investigations.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd, 2021

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