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| Militants kill school principal in Peshawar |
| 2013-06-03 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Militants killed the principal of a government high school in Pastawana, Frontier Region Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , on Saturday night. Local residents said that dozens of heavily armed snuffies entered the house of headmaster Haji Rehman and opened fire, killing him on the spot. It was not clear why the man was targeted, but locals said that he had developed differences with the bully boys, which eventually led to his death. "Probably he was considered 'pro-government' by the bully boys," said a local elder on the condition of anonymity. It is the first incident of its kind in which a government servant, other than that of Khasadar Force and Levies, has been targeted. Previously, the snuffies had attacked Levies checkposts, kidnapped 22 people and killed them in cold blood. |
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