Several armed gunmen stormed onto a college campus early Wednesday in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to initial reports, the gunmen detonated explosives and are currently holed up in some classrooms at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, located about 30 miles from Peshawar.
Fazal Rahim Marwat told express News TV that he was near the university when he received word that the school was under attack.
“We have 3000 students including 400 girls students, and 600 teachers and staff present in the university campus,” he explained.
“We have not received any security alert or threat but we were aware of the situation as some terrorist incidents have been taking place in the province.”
