Swat (Staff Report/Agencies): A driver was killed and a student was injured as unidentified armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on a school van in Swat’s Char Bagh area on Monday.
According to police, the incident occurred outside the Knowledge City School in the Guli Bagh locality, adding that at least 15 students were inside the vehicle at the time of the attack.
The body and injured student have been moved to the Khwazakhela Hospital, while the child is now out of danger.
Police reached the attack site and cordoned off the area. A search operation also launched but no one has been arrested so far.
Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Zahid Marwat said that the target of today’s incident was the driver of the school van and not the children.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has taken notice of the attack and instructed the inspector general of the province to submit an report into the incident.
The CM extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
