UPDATE: Militants Take 250 Children Hostage At Pakistan School
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Fox is reporting that all the hostages have been freed, but the gunmen remain in the school. Awaiting their death, no doubt.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 28 (AFP) A group of militants took around 250 children hostage at a school in northwest Pakistan Monday after a failed kidnapping of a local minister and a gunbattle with police, the interior minister said.
“About seven terrorists have taken the school children hostage. There about 200 to 250 children,†Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz told AFP. “The terrorists are demanding safe passage, the provincial government is in negotiations with them. We hope that the matter will be resolved peacefully,†he added.
Local police said the militants had holed up at the school in Domail, a village near the northwestern town of Karak, after they abducted a health worker. Police gave chase and in the ensuing shoot-out one militant was killed and a policeman was injured, while the medic escaped, police official Shakirullah, who goes by one name, told AFP. “They have taken the school children hostage, we don’t know how many but we think it is in dozens,†Shakirullah said. “Officials are on the spot and conducting negotiations.â€Â
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