BAJAUR AGENCY , April19: Unidentified militants blew up a government running school in the Sharifkhana area of tehsil Nawagai on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, sources said.

Local said that some armed men entered in the building of Government Boys primary School situated outside form the village and planted explosive devices in the all parts of the building, “ The school was fully destroyed after the bombs went off with a big bang,” a resident of the area told reporter .

The local administration has confirmed the incident.

An official of the local administration Tariq Khan, Assistant Political agent Nawagi sub division told reporter on Thursday that the building was completely destroyed as result of many bomb exploded in the school building .

He said that watch man in the school was not present in the time of blast and he was at home situated near the school premises.

“Soon after the incident the administration has launched a search operation in the area and ten people including some local have been arrested,” Tariq Khan added.

He said that the local people would be responsible for the rebuilt of the school building according to collective responsibility.

Since May 2011 this was the 1^st Government running school destroyed by the unidentified militants

So for no one has claimed responsibility for the incident but the official alleged the militants for this incident.

It is to remember here that Bajaur is on the top in the destruction of educational institutions in the entire tribal region. According to the official of the education department, “ at least one hundred and seven governments running schools have been destroyed by the militants and only some of them have been rebuilt,” an official of the education department told this scribe .