DARRA ADAM KHEL, March 30: Suspected militants blew up buildings of a girls’ college and a primary school in Darra Adam Khel tribal region on Saturday night, residents said here on Sunday.

They said that militants planted explosives inside the building of Government Degree College for women in Sheraki village which went off with a big bang, destroying several rooms of the building.

The girls’ primary school was blown up in the Shpinkai Wal locality of the troubled town. The building was completely destroyed. No casualty was, however, reported in both the incidents.

Several schools have been damaged in explosions in the area during the last few weeks.

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