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| Pro-Taleban militants are holding children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan. | |
| Officials told a BBC reporter at the scene that up to 250 children were inside the school. | |
| The militants took shelter in the school in Bannu town after a confrontation with local police. | |
| Police have surrounded the school. There are unconfirmed reports that some of the children have been released. | |
| Militants control large areas of North and South Waziristan. In recent months they have been increasingly active in neighbouring areas. | |
| At least five militants are said to be involved in the taking of the hostages. | |
| Parents have been gathering outside the school | |
| Security in and around Bannu has been a growing problem. | |
| Last October at least 15 people were killed in Bannu by a suicide bomber dressed in a burka. | |
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