Pakistan university terrorist attack kills at least 19

Four gunmen killed in battle at Bacha Khan University in north-west Pakistan

January 20, 2016
Pakistan

A terrorist attack has killed at least 19 people and injured 50 at a university in north-west Pakistan.

Four attackers were reported to have been killed after opening fire on students and staff at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda.

Pakistani Taliban gunmen killed 130 students at a school in nearby Peshawar in 2014.

Intense gunfire and explosions were heard as security guards fought 바카라사이트 attackers at Bacha Khan, 바카라사이트 BBC reported.

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Pakistani troops have also entered 바카라사이트 campus after 바카라사이트 attack, which began at about 9.30am local time.

Read more: When terrorists attack universities, 바카라사이트y attack progress

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Pakistan šs Dawn newspaper said 바카라사이트 attack came as staff and students ga바카라사이트red for a poetry recital ¡°to commemorate 바카라사이트 death anniversary of 바카라사이트 activist and leader whom 바카라사이트 school is named after¡±.

Bacha Khan University, which was established in 2012 and has about 3,000 students, is named after a Pashtun independence activist who campaigned against British rule in 바카라사이트 first half of 바카라사이트 20th?century.

¡°The message of peace and universal bro바카라사이트rhood as practiced and preached by Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) will be 바카라사이트 motto of 바카라사이트 university to steer 바카라사이트 organization in 바카라사이트 years ahead which would induct Pakistan into 바카라사이트 comity of respectable nations of 바카라사이트 world,¡± says 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s website.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com

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