Dastardly attack on schoolchildren
At least 132 children were killed and several others injured in a horrific attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 16. Gunmen entered the school premises and indiscriminately opened fire on innocent children who were attending classes and exams in the morning session. We have no word to condemn this barbaric act. It was an act of cowardice to attack defenseless children while they were learning.
Schools should be a safe place. While extending our deep condolences to the parents and relatives who lost their children in the horrific attack, we expect that governments of the countries which have been experiencing terrorist attacks would take pragmatic measures to make schools a safe place for children.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka
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