Eight academics killed following Pakistan college shootings
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ight school academics have been killed following two shootings in northwest Pakistan, in response to reviews.
Seven academics have been shot and killed at a college within the Parachinar space of the Kurram tribal district close to the border with Afghanistan, on Thursday.
Reporting on the incident, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, mentioned: “This particular attack targeted the teachers while they were in the staffroom.
“They were there to conduct examinations which are underway throughout the province for lower secondary school.”
According to Geo TV, one other college trainer was shot useless shortly earlier than in the identical space earlier within the day.
An announcement from the provincial chief minister’s workplace mentioned the motive behind the shootings was because of non secular tensions within the space which suffers from heightened sectarian tensions.
The trainer killed within the first incident was a Sunni Muslim whereas these shot within the second assault on the college have been Shi’ite Muslims, the commissioner, Saiful Islam, advised Reuters.
“It is not clear whether the second incident was a reaction to the first one,” he mentioned, including safety has been heightened within the space because of sectarian violence.
The tribal district has a majority Shi’ite inhabitants who are sometimes attacked by Sunni militant teams from the native Taliban motion.