One person was killed on Monday when a van taking children to school was attacked in Swat Valley, Pakistan, the day after the area marked 10 years since education activist Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban.
Police said the driver was the target. Charbagh police station chief Wahid Khan told The National that the van was fired upon while carrying a dozen pupils.
“It was a private school van hired for the students of two private schools,” he said. “It was attacked with 12 students on board.”
Police said the gunman, riding on a motorbike, had fired at the front seat, killing the driver and wounding a pupil. He then fled, leaving his jumper and a bike helmet behind.
Rescue-1122 representative Shafiqa Gul told The National, whose team responded to the attack, said: “The driver was dead while the injured student was shifted to the nearby local hospital where he is being treated.”
