Written by: Press Trust of India
1 min readIslamabadApr 26, 2009 11:55 PM IST
First published on: Apr 26, 2009 at 11:55 PM IST
At least 11 children,most of them girls,were killed and over 40 injured today in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistans Dir district.
The children found the bomb disguised as a toy outside a girls primary school in Luqman Banda village of the district,which is part of the restive Malakand division,and it went off while they were playing with it.
TV news channels reported that 11 children,most of them girls,died in the blast,while police officials confirmed the death of seven girls. They said over 40 children were injured in the explosion.
Those killed were aged between four and 12 years. This was the first incident of its kind after authorities announced that the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation would be implemented in Malakand to enforce Sharia or Islamic law.
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