VOA: Gunmen Kill at Least 21 at University in NW Pakistan
CHARSADDA / ISLAMABAD — A gun and bomb attack on a university in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens more, officials and hospital sources said.
Authorities said a group of four "terrorists” stormed the Bacha Khan University in the town of Charsadda at around 9 in the morning and opened fire on students and teachers. Students and staff at the university told the VOA Correspondent Ayesha Tanzeem who is on the scene said that some of those killed and wounded received both bullet and stab wounds.
Regional deputy inspector general of police, Saeed Wazir Khan, said at least two suicide bombers were among the attackers.
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