Blast at school in Pulwama, 12 students injured
#Govt announces ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000
14/02/2019
SRINAGAR, Feb 13: A blast at a private school in Pulwama district left at leat 12 students injured Wednesday, police said.
The explosion took place inside the school in Narbal village of Kakapora area in the south Kashmir district this afternoon, a police official said.
He said at least 12 students of class 10 were injured in the blast that rocked the school when they were taking winter tuition.
The injured students have been rushed to a hospital for treatment and there condition is stated to be stable, the official said.
He said police officers have reached the spot and are ascertaining the nature and circumstances of the blast. A case has been registered and investigation taken up.
A police spokesperson said that at about 1430 hours some explosion took place inside the class room of standard 10 of a private school (tuition centre) known as Falai-e-Millat at Narbal in district Pulwama. In this incident as per the last report received 12 students have sustained injuries. They were rushed to the hospital and stated to be stable.
Police officers have reached at the spot and are ascertaining the nature and circumstances of the blast. Case has been registered and investigation is in progress.
However, Governor Satya Pal Malik has deeply regretted the unfortunate incident of an explosion at a school in Pulwama in which many students were injured.
Governor has prayed for speedy recovery of all the children and announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs. 50, 000 for all those injured. He has directed the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir to ensure best possible medical treatment to injured children.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday called for a probe into the blast in Pulwama in which 12 school children were injured.
"Education must be made conflict neutral. It is unacceptable & inhuman to have explosives going off inside class rooms. I condemn this act unequivocally & hope that it is properly investigated. The truth must be known & the guilty must be severely punished," Omar tweeted.
A blast took place inside a private school in Narbal village of Kakapora area of the south Kashmir district this afternoon. At least 12 students of class 10 were injured in the blast which happened when they were taking winter tuition in the school.
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