Special report: Pakistani Situation

    ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 25 people were killed and 40 others were injured Monday by rocket shells by militants in northwestern Pakistan, according to the private Geo TV.

    Militants fired mortar shells on a school where local people took shelter, said the Geo TV.

    Local people put the dead bodies on the road and protest against the killing at the Dera Adam Khel tribal town in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP).

    Meanwhile, the Pakistani military confirmed killing of one security man in a rocket attack on one of the security check-posts in Dera Adam Khel.

    Clashes started between militants and security forces after militants fired three rockets on the check post. Rockets and mortars have been used in the clashes.