Over 20 dead as gunmen storms Bacha Khan University in Pakistan

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At least 21 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen at a university in Pakistan, according to AFP. Four of the attackers are known to have been killed at the campus building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in the country's northwest. Explosions have been heard inside the building and a major police operation was put in place to tackle those responsible. Militants used the cover of thick, wintry fog to scale the walls of the Bacha Khan University in the town of Charsadda, about 22 miles (30km) from the city of Peshawar. They then went into university buildings and began to open fire on teachers and students in classrooms. The university teaches over 3,000 students and was hosting an extra 600 visitors on Wednesday for a poetry recital, according to its vice chancellor Fazal Rahim.