Schools in Sachal Goth also receive threats

Karachi
Some public and private schools in Sachal Goth received threat notes on Wednesday, similar to the ones left at private schools in Gulshah-e-Iqbal after they were attacked with a grenade a day earlier.
Some men, identifying themselves as Sindhi Taliban Pakistan, left threat notes at the Government Girls Primary and Secondary School in Sachal Goth and two other educational institutes, warning them of dire consequences if the hanging of their associates did not stop.
Police rushed to the scene after they were informed about the notes by the teachers.
Sachal SHO Muhammad Shoaib said an investigation had been launched to find out who was distributing the notes.
“The threatening notes found at the school in Sachal are similar to the ones left outside the schools in Gulshan-e-Iqbal,” the officer said. “The only difference is that the notes found in Sachal Goth have ‘Sindhi Taliban Pakistan’ handwritten on them,” he added.
The SHO said police have been deployed outside the schools after the threat notes were received and the classes resumed.
Separately, IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali visited private schools including the ones in Gulshan-e-Iqbal that were attacked with a grenade and ordered more security for them. He also ordered the removal of encroachments near the schools.
A day earlier, a cracker attack outside a private school in Block 7 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal had struck fear into children, parents and school managements across the city.
Most of the schools were closed and heavy contingents of police and Rangers personnel, along with senior officers were deputed outside schools.
The attackers also left behind some leaflets printed in English and Urdu, saying the explosion was carried out to warn law enforcers against executing their associates, adding that more attacks would follow if the hangings did not stop.
Two men on a motorcycle had lobbed an explosive material near the school that exploded with a loud bang, while two others on another motorbike dropped the leaflets.
Karachi police chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo termed the explosion “a desperate attempt to blackmail the authorities”. “They are trying to terrorise students and teachers. What have innocent children and teachers done to them? What is their role in the executions?”
Soon after the attack, security was beefed up in most parts of the city, as all the SHOs were directed to increase patrolling and snap checking in their respective jurisdictions, while other LEAs have tightened security arrangements around their installations.