Pakistan: Islamic University bombed; all schools closed indefinitely

The site of yesterday's bomb attack --->

From RTT News:

Terrorists, who made inroads into Pakistan's capital with stunning dual suicide bomb attacks in the Islamic university, forced the government to close down all its educational institutions indefinitely for fear of insecurity.

Interior Ministry spokesman Rashid Mazari said all government and private schools, colleges and universities throughout Pakistan have been closed until the end of the week so they can improve security measures.

Indications are that educational institutions will remain closed for an indefinite period, as decision to reopen will be taken only after ensuring a satisfactory security situation all over the country.

Two successive suicide bomb attacks in the International Islamic University campus in Islamabad Tuesday killed seven and injured many others, most of them students. The suicide bombers walked into a cafeteria for women and an academic block for men at the university and blew themselves up. Those killed in the first-ever attack on students in the country included three women and there were 25 female students among the injured.

In other news, the Taliban have recaptured the town of Kotkai, birthplace of Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud. The town is also the home town of Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior Taliban commander known as the mentor of suicide bombers.