An explosion in a primary girls in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa partially damaged the building, although no victims were reported, police said Sunday.
The District Police officer (DPO) Nazeer Khan said Dawn.com: “The incident took place on Saturday night when an explosion occurred in the primary school of a girl in the Wanda Zahid Gul area, located within the jurisdiction of the Daddiwala Police Station.”
He said that due to the explosion, made through an improvised explosive device (FDI), the school building was partially damaged.
“Fortunately, no victims were reported,” said the DPO, added that a strong police contingent had been deployed in the area.
Dpo Khan also said that there were two FDIs planted at school.
“One of the FDI exploded, while the other was discovered when the police arrived at the site of the incident and carried out an inspection,” he said. “It was successfully deactivated by the pump removal equipment.”
According to the DPO, a search operation was performed in the district to locate the perpetrators.
Lakki Marwat has long been an access point for terrorism and violence, with disturbances that date back in the early 2000s. Although security operations brought a period of relative calm, the militant activity has resurfaced in recent years, striving local peace efforts and increasing fears of renewed instability.
Earlier this month, the terrorists carried out a series of militant attacks throughout the district, killing three soldiers and a woman while injured three others, including two soldiers.
On August 13, the police said the terrorists exploded a gas pipe in the Lakki Marwat district, which resulted in a suspension of the gas supply to Punjab.
