Security forces have found fifty-eight bodies of people who died during six days of sectarian violence in Kohat district, as a temporary ceasefire between the Mishti and Kachai tribes was being observed, Online reported. Seven women and six children were among the dead. Hangu District Nazim Khan Afzal, who belongs to the Mishi tribe, told the BBC on Sunday that security forces, along with both the rival tribes, had started searching for dead bodies in trenches and fields two days ago.The security forces found 28 bodies that belonged to the Mishi tribe, he said, adding that
| 15 out of 28 people had been killed during an attack on a jirga. |
Union Council Nazim Astarzai Syed Mehtab Khan told BBC that the security forces found the bodies of 30 people belonging to the Kachai tribe in damaged houses and trenches.
School attacked: Meanwhile, militants blew up the gate of a girls’ primary school in the semi-tribal Darra Adam Khel area late on Saturday, a Daily Times staff report quoted local sources as saying. They said that the explosives were planted at the school’s gate and exploded at around 11pm on Saturday, damaging it. However, the school building remained safe and no causalities were reported.| Brave, brave Lions of Islam™ ... |