Pakistan govt depts were warned of school attack in August

December 22, 2014 18:33

Authorities in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent revenge attack on the army-run school here months before a Taliban-sponsored carnage claimed 148 lives, mostly that of children.

A copy of the written warning, issued on August 28, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa home ministry had stated that Taliban militants have planned to attack educational institutions under the Pakistani army and their intention was revenge.

The militants wanted to kill as many children of army officers as possible, the warning stated. The alert No 802 named Khaksar, Taliban commander in Orakzai -- a part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas -- along with terrorists Bilal and Obaidullah to have hatched a plan to attack the institutions, Geo News reported.

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