4 children injured as gunmen open fire at school in Pakistan

Press Trust of India  |  Karachi 

At least four children were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a school in Pakistan's city in the restive province.

Four students received on their legs in the firing. The injured students -- three boys and a girl - are aged 9 to 12 years.

The injured children were taken to the Civil Hospital, and are now in stable condition.

Home Minister condemned the firing incident and said those involved in the attack will be apprehended soon.

In 2014, militants stormed an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 149 people, mostly children.

The in a report last year said that attacks by the and other militant groups disrupted the of hundreds of thousands of children, particularly girls, in

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First Published: Wed, October 24 2018. 16:55 IST