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Article: Pakistan Christian School Closes
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- August 17, 2002
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) _ A Christian school attacked by Islamic militants
nearly two weeks ago has closed its doors for the rest of the year,
the director said Saturday.
"We're going to mothball the school," Russell Morton said in a telephone
interview from the Murree Christian School, about 40 miles northeast
of the capital, Islamabad.
"Given the trauma to the children and the possibility of further attacks,
we cannot run a school that offers social and emotional support for
children at this time."
Morton spoke after the school's board of directors posted an announcement
on the school's Web site announcing the closing. The move comes at
a time ...