50 Students, staff kidnapped by militants
The kidnapping happened in North Waziristan,which is found in Pakistan’s tribal domain, where the armed forces have engaged in a blood-filled conflict against Taliban rebels.
A police officer said a group of 27 vehicles containing 350 pupils and their instructors left Razmat Cadet College in the Federally Administered Tribal regions. As it arrived at Khawaja Khur, 30 to 35 heavily armed Taliban combatants blockaded the vehicles and restrained eight of the vehicles and their 50 members, he said.
Members of the additional 19 vehicles were able to drive away.
The described kidnappings come after a series of onslaughts on civilians in north-west Pakistan.
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I hope the students and staff are returned unharmed to their families.