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by dhoobler
Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:49 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Pakistan attack raises tough question: should teachers shoot back?
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Pakistan attack raises tough question: should teachers shoot back?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakis ... SKCN0UZ232

Stuck with 15 of his students on a third floor balcony of a campus building as gunmen came up the stairs, university director Mohammad Shakil urged Pakistani police arriving at the scene to toss him up a gun so he could shoot back.

"We were hiding ... but were unarmed," Shakil told Reuters, speaking after four Islamist militants attacked Bacha Khan University in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Wednesday, killing more than 20 people.

"I was worried about the students, and then one of the militants came after us," Shakil added. "After repeated requests, the police threw me a pistol and I fired some shots at the terrorists."

As more details of Wednesday's assault emerged, attention focused on at least two members of staff who took up arms to resist attackers bent on killing them and their students.

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