Four killed as blast hits school van in Bajaur Agency
Two children and two women were killed in a roadside blast in Bajaur.
KHAR, Pakistan (AP / Web Desk) - A roadside bomb struck a school van with children and teachers in Pakistan s northwestern tribal region on Tuesday, killing five people, a government administrator said.
The bomb went off in Khar, the main town in the Baajaur region bordering Afghanistan. Two children, two female teachers and the driver were killed, said local government administrator, Asmatullah Wazir. It wasn t immediately clear if anyone else was in the van or if there were any survivors.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Bajaur tribal region has been the scene of several military offensives against the Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants in recent years.
Number of out-of-school children is also rising every year due to large scale destruction of school buildings by militants.
According to official data, around 109 schools have been blown up since the spillover of militancy to Bajaur region in 2007.
