Militant
Violance
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BEIJING,
Dec. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Following the shocking Taliban assault on a school in
northwestPakistan last week, which left 141 dead, including 132 children
and nine teachers, the country's Interior Minister has warned of further
militant violence.
"After
this incident and after the hangings that have been carried out, and also
because of the military operations that our armed forces are carrying out in
that region, we are receiving intelligence from across the country that the
militants are getting ready for another savage and inhuman counter attack. All
of us need to be on the alert," said Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistan's
interior minister.
In
response to the school attack, Pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death
penalty, executing six militants already, with more expected to follow. None of
those hanged have been connected with last Tuesday's school rampage. The
Taliban have issued statements promising to stage more attacks around Pakistan
in retaliation for the execution of their fighters. Security has been tightened
around major prisons, over fears that the militants might try to attack jails
and free inmates. The Pakistani Taliban, who are allied with but separate from
the Afghan Taliban, said the school attack was revenge for the offensive
against them and the military's killing of civilians in remote areas.
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