Overview
- Police said a quadcopter hit a madrassa in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, injuring nine children aged 8 to 15 who were taken to hospital.
- The drone approached from an unknown direction, and investigators are working to determine its source and purpose.
- Residents held a protest after the incident, and a jirga paused the sit-in until Monday following talks with district officials.
- Officials have reported a rise this year in militant use of commercial quadcopters to deliver explosive devices in the province.
- One day earlier, a quadcopter attack in Kurram’s Gondalabad injured four children, with security forces launching a probe and tightening local measures.