Blast rocks NW Pakistan

PAKISTAN: A Government-run school was blown up by unidentified militants in northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa on early Wednesday morning, local media reported. According to local TV DAWN News, some unidentified militants used explosive materials to blow up a middle school in Darra Adam Khel area.

No causalities were reported in the blast as it took place early in the morning and there were no students in the school. This is not the first time when militants blew up schools in northwestern Pakistan. According to official statistics 500 schools have been destroyed in militant attacks across Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in recent years. ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, Xinhua