US Marines Killed in Attack on Pakistan Girls' School

The attack comes amid a major government offensive against Taliban militants in the area. Photo by BGNES

Three US marines are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy heading to a girls' school in north-west Pakistan, police have said.

At least 70 people, including 63 school girls, were injured as the convoy was hit as it passed another girls' school in Lower Dir, near the Afghan border.

The attack comes amid a major government offensive against Taliban militants in the area, the BBC reported.

Pakistan military sources told the BBC that three US marines were killed and one other injured. The US embassy has declined to comment.

They were thought to be travelling with a convoy that was heading to the inauguration ceremony of a newly-built girls' school.

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