Taliban abduct Pak students

Taliban abduct Pak students
PTI
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 1
Taliban militants in Pakistan today abducted dozens of students of a cadet college after intercepting a convoy of buses in a lawless region near the North West Frontier Province.
There was confusion about the exact number of students abducted. Mirza Muhammad, an advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister, said all but 17 of 500 students from Razmak Cadet College had been kidnapped by militants, while police officials put the number at 65.
Muhammad said 500 students, aged between 15 and 26 years, had left the college in a convoy for Bannu town in NWFP after the institution closed for a break. The students were accompanied by security guards.
One bus carrying 17 students managed to evade the militants while all the others were kidnapped, Muhammad told Dawn News channel. Muhammad said students who reached Bannu and police officials had told him the kidnappers were Taliban militants.
Bannu police chief Iqbal Marwat said some students had reached Bannu. Other police officials said about 65 students had been kidnapped along with some teachers and other employees of the college.
Reports said the students had left the college in a convoy of 29 buses. All the buses crossed the Khajori check post before they were intercepted by the militants.
Muhammad said police and the political administration of North Waziristan had launched efforts to free the students.
The abductors had not made any demands so far, he said.