Thousands protest over school airstrike
Thousands of angry tribesmen and Islamists protested today across Pakistan against an airstrike that killed 80 people at a religious school near the Afghan border this week, as state TV aired video footage purportedly showing militants in training there before the attack.
More than 5,000 people rallied in the Bajur tribal region, scene of Monday’s airstrike that destroyed a madrassa, or Islamic seminary, run by a Pakistani cleric with alleged ties to al-Qaida number two leader Ayman al-Zawahri. They demanded government compensation for relatives of the dead.
