Suspected militants burn girls’ school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

Suspected militants burn girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

A group of militants used kerosine to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said.

Islamist militants set fire to a girls' school in Pakistan, North Waziristan province. The attack destroyed the school's equipment. This is the third such incident this month.

Suspected militants burn girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

Police say militants have burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books.

Suspected militants burn girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

Police say militants have burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books

Suspected militants burn girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

Police say militants have burned a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books

Suspected militants burn girls’ school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A group of militants used kerosine to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in a surge in such attacks. No one was hurt in the overnight attack in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Rehmat Ullah said. Two other girls’ schools in the region were bombed earlier this mo…