Pakistan
Extremists bomb school in Pakistan
Education as a red rag for the extremists: radical Muslims attack a newly-built girls ‘ school in the mountainous region of South Waziristan. The Taliban splinter group is proud of the fact and warns of further attacks.
Thinking is dangerous: a girls ‘ school in Pakistan (file picture)
Islamist fighters have a newly built Mädchengrundschule in Pakistan’s mountainous region of South Waziristan bombed. Were injured according to previous information. But the building was badly damaged. The Sajna group, a Splitterorganisation the radikalislamischen Taliban, known to the deed. They warned of further attacks.
According to a security official kidnapped by the extremists in addition, 18 workers of the Schulbaustelle, had this but again later free. The establishment of the school was part of a Wiederaufbauprojektes after attacks in the area have been.
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Have repeatedly attacked the Taliban in the past educational institutions. Only in January were 21 people in the storming of a University in the city of Charsadda killed. Education makes you independent, that is why they must fight. This is the supposed logic behind the attacks on educational institutions, the Islamists, on different continents commit. In Nigeria contributes the dominant jihadist group in this program even in its name: Boko Haram, translated “Western education is sin.”
jj/se (dpa, afp)