Christians Under Attack

The principal of the local government high school received a letter from an unidentified man who threatened to bomb the school if the female students and teachers did not wear veils.

In the letter, the man warned that he should not be taken lightly and would carry out his threat if the school administration did not meet his demand.

After receiving the threat, the school administration immediately told the police and they put the school on high alert and deployed armed policemen at the school gate. Security personnel in plainclothes have also been deployed at the school.

Some of the girls at the schools, aged between nine and 10 were seen wearing veils.

“Yes we have received a threatening letter from a religious fanatic and we are scared,” Shakeela, acting principal of the school told the Pakistani daily Dawn.

She said the school management did not keep the threat secret and told the students about it. We have told the students that nothing will happen if they wear a veil, she added.

The acting principal said the threat had not affected the students' morale or the daily attendance at the school. They feel secure as armed policemen have been deployed outside the school.

She said it was the first time that they had received such a letter.

“This letter could either be a hoax or the work of a fanatic. Personally I believe that it is a hoax, but we cannot take it lightly," the local police officer, Syed Akbar Abbas told Dawn.

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