Orakzai Agency, Suicide Bombing, terrorism

Pakistan :

In a most horrific instance of suicide bombing in Orakzai Agency, a suicide bomber crashed his car at the gate of a school and killed at least six people while also injuring a number of others. The incident took place in the Kalaya area of Orakzai where a public fair was being held in a ground that hosts the building of a school. When the gatekeeper and a peon tried to stop the car at the gate of Islamia Public High School in Kalaya, the explosive-laden car went boom claiming six live on spot including the gatekeeper and the peon.

Schools in Orakzai area have been the target of coercion and all the schools in the Upper Orakzai have already been closed while schools in the lower part of the agency are still working. However, this incidence marks the onset of open aggression on schools in the area. The intention of terrorism is thus masked in fundamentalist Islamic attitude of banning modern education by means of force. Despite the repeated incidence of suicide bombing in the area, people have mainly remained careless of taking security measures for safety purposes. However, people in the area are generally motivated toward modern education and only those people don’t send their kids to schools who cannot afford to pay the school expenses or who want to get the incentives offered by Islamic madrassas.