GHALANAI, Feb 28: Four schools were blown up in different areas of Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Thursday.

Officials of the political administration said explosive devices had been planted in the buildings at night.

(AFP quoted a government official as saying the buildings of all the four schools were completely destroyed and that the number of schools destroyed in Mohmand Agency was now more than 100.)

No one was injured in the blasts. The four schools are: Middle School Abdul Baqi Ayee Kore Qandahri, Government Middle School Mula Khel (Malik Awal Khan), Government Primary School Haji Adam Kamal Khel Qandahri, and Government Primary School Malik Ghulam Qandari Shrab Kor.

Agency’s Education Officer Said Mohammad Khan said the schools were not functional and their teachers were transferred when students stopped attending classes.

According to officials, the schools were attacked also in the past and their buildings were damaged.

They said because of poor security situation most people had moved from the area to other places.

MORTAR SHELL: Two people were killed when a mortar shell which they were trying to sell considering it as scrap exploded in Sagai area of Safi tehsil.

According to sources, Zahid Khan, 20, and Amjad Khan, 6, had found the unexploded shell in a field.