PESHAWAR: Two female teachers and two children were gunned down in the Ghaljo area of Upper Orakzai Agency on Friday. The gunmen fired through an open window into the residential quarters of Government Girls High School, Khwaga Cheri in a pre-dawn attack, killing teacher Salma, her 4-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, and Saeeda Jana, another schoolteacher. The two teachers were employees of the NWFP government's Barani Area Development Programme (BADP) and taught stitching and embroidery to girls at the high school under the Barani Skills Training programme. A resident of the area told Daily Times that both teachers had joined the project only 15 days ago. They were buried in Ustarzai and Kachai in Kohat district. Reports from the agency said the watchman of the girls' school and owner of the school building have been arrested by the political administration. Officials of the political administration refused to comment.However, sources told Daily Times the two teachers were Shias and their murder might have been sectarian.