Man killed in school van attack in Pakistan, child injured

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Armed men opened fire on a school van in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday that killed a driver while injuring a child. This incident comes amid concerns over the growing presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the northwest part of the country, following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August.

The firing took place in Swat's Char Bagh area, a day after the 10th anniversary of the shooting of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai by the outlawed group TTP, the Dawn newspaper reported.

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The police said the incident occurred on Monday outside the Knowledge City School in the Guli Bagh locality. District Police Officer (DPO) Zahid Marwat told Dawn that there were 15 students inside the vehicle at the time of the attack.

After the news broke, scores of students and teachers of private schools in the Swat district demonstrated against terrorist activities in the region. Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday, her first visit in more than four years, to inspect regions hit by the cataclysmic floods.

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