PAKISTAN: A principal of a private school in Karachi is killed and four students injured as unidentified men hurl a hand grenade into the school and then open fire

Record ID: 353820

  • Title: PAKISTAN: A principal of a private school in Karachi is killed and four students injured as unidentified men hurl a hand grenade into the school and then open fire
  • Date: 30th March 2013
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) INJURED TEACHER, ATTAUR REHMAN, SAYING: "After 15 minutes, suddenly a man ran in firing. We were all engrossed in the magic show. But as soon as the firing started, there was a stampede. I think they lobbed two hand grenades also." INJURED BEING WHEELED INTO EMERGENCY WARD
  • Embargoed: 14th April 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA9GRV4K651AJ05DTVXKY6665LC
  • Story Text: An attack on a school in Pakistan's port city of Karachi left the principle dead, four school girls and two teachers injured on Saturday (March 30), police said.
    Witnesses said that two men on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at the building before running into the school, throwing another grenade and opening fire.

    "We have found 3-4 shells of a 30. bore gun. As a result, Rasheed (school principal) has expired, and four or five children are injured," a police official at the attack site told reporters.
    The four injured girls were brought to a nearby hospital.
    An injured student from Grade 2 explained that students had been waiting to hear their examination results.

    "The examination results were going to be announced. Two men came on a motorbike," Ameena said.

    "Five were injured and one died. I don't know what else happened," she added.
    The school's principal, Abdur Rasheed died while being moved to hospital.
    Attaur Rehman, a teacher injured in the attack, described what happened.

    "After 15 minutes, suddenly a man ran in firing. We were all engrossed in the magic show. But as soon as the firing started, there was a stampede. I think they lobbed two hand grenades also," Rehman said.
    No one has claimed responsibility for this attack so far.
    Police and Rangers personnel reached the school soon after the attack and cordoned off the area.
    Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso condemned the attack, and directed local administration to provide all possible assistance to the affected families, a statement from his office said.
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