Pakistani university under attack -- at least 20 dead
Source: CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)A university in the northwest of Pakistan has come under attack by armed militants, and at least 20 students have been killed, with further casualties feared.
Gunfire and explosions were heard Wednesday morning local time from within Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwestern Pakistan.
There are still dead inside and the operation is ongoing, Bilal Faizi, a local emergency service spokesman told CNN. Fog and low visibility have been hampering military and police efforts to regain control.
Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa, an army spokesperson, said on Twitter that four attackers had been killed and that government troops had resumed control of all buildings and rooftops.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/20/asia/pakistan-university-militant-attack/
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)favorite targets.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)An attack by suspected Taliban militants on a university in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 19 people and injured 50.
Nearly three hours after the attack began, an army official said firing had stopped but troops were searching Bacha Khan University campus in Charsadda.
The army said four attackers had been killed as the Taliban reported four of its suicide attackers were involved.
The Taliban killed 130 students at a school in nearby Peshawar in 2014.
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35359072
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Contradicting earlier claims.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-35359209
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karynnj
(59,504 posts)anything to do with this.
As to the US government, this is completely against the goals they have in Afghanistan -- which will probably be impacted by this.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Probably some other group over there.