Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Terrorists target girls college:37 students seriously injured

Peshawar—Hand grenades attack on girls college in Mardan District Tuesday afternoon resulted in injuries to as many as 37 girl students with most of them seriously. The medics in Mardan hospital have described the condition of few victims as precarious.

Reports reaching here said unknown miscreants hurled at least two hand grenades on a girls college Guli Maira in Lund Khwar area some 30 kilometers from Mardan City Tuesday afternoon during a function.

While the explosions created panic among the students and the people around, the rescue teams as well as heavy contingents of law enforcing agencies rushed to the site and shifted the victims to the Mardan Complex Hospital and District Headquarters Hospital Mardan for treatment.

Police sources and the doctors said in total 37 girls were injured in the grenades attack. The college was closed immediately and the remaining students and the teaching staff were guided to their homes. Locals said the college building sustained minor damages. The police and the security forces started search operation in the area but the real culprits remained at large till the filing of this report.
Tariq Saeed:Pakistan observer