MINGORA, Nov 7: A girls’ school, health centre, a bridge and two security posts were destroyed by suspected militants in different parts of Swat valley.

According to sources, the Government Girls’ Primary School was blown up by unknown miscreants in Qamber village, some two kilometres from Mingora city in the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

The militants planted improvised explosive device in the school building which exploded with a bang. Later, the miscreants set the school on fire as a result the two-storey building was destroyed completely.

The furniture and school records were reduced to ashes.

A health centre was also torched by unknown miscreants in Qamber village as a result the building, records, furniture and medicines were destroyed completely.

The miscreants also blew up the remaining portion of the bridge in Sangota as a portion of the bridge was destroyed a couple of days ago by unidentified militants. —Correspondent

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