Several armed gunmen stormed onto a college campus early Wednesday in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<br />According to initial reports, the gunmen detonated explosives and are currently holed up in some classrooms at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, located about 30 miles from Peshawar.<br />Fazal Rahim Marwat told express News TV that he was near the university when he received word that the school was under attack.<br />“We have 3000 students including 400 girls students, and 600 teachers and staff present in the university campus,” he explained.<br />“We have not received any security alert or threat but we were aware of the situation as some terrorist incidents have been taking place in the province.”
