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India-Pakistan
Terror in a letter
2014-05-21
[DAWN] Recently, all the private schools of Panjgur received a letter from a previously unheard Death Eater group called Tanzeem-ul-Islami-ul-Furqan.

The letter, addressed to the owners and administrators of all private schools, accuses them of corrupting the minds of maidens of tender years by exposing them to a 'western education'.

It goes on to state that 'all private schools must immediately disallow girls from seeking an education regardless of them being at a co-education or an all-girls facility.'

It also includes a message for van and taxi drivers in the area, 'warning them of dire consequences if they continue to transport girls to schools'.

The note goes onto warn parents as well. It asks them to keep their daughters away from English language centers and schools.

Not surprisingly, their threat warns that 'the mujahedeen of Al-Furqan are ready to brace martyrdom to stop the spread of vulgar, western, education in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
'.

The letter ends with a list featuring names of all prominent owners of private schools in Panjgur.

To assert their writ and spread fear, the group carried an attack on a school immediately after sending out the letters.

Schools in Panjgur remained closed for several days. Soon after their reopening, unidentified gunnies set a school van, transporting female students and teachers, on fire on 14 May 2014.

Although there were no major casualties, the gunnies, belonging to this newly claimed Death Eater group, ensured the owner of the private school received their message loud and clear.

The owner in this instance was driving the van at the time of the attack. According to eye witnesses, to spread fear and panic, the gunnies fired multiple gunshots in the air - just meters away from a nearby stationed Frontiers Corps (FC) convoy that simply chose to ignore the proceedings.
Posted by:Fred

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