Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Catholic Public High School in Sangota, in the Swat Valley, Pakistan was built in 1962 under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. The school for girls was closed on September 10, 2007, after a letter warned the Sisters running the school to close the "factory of Christians" or face suicide attacks. Jan Nisaran-e-Islam (sacrificers of Islam) sent the letter to Swat Press Club, and local newspapers published it on September 9. It reopened on 17 September after the Swat district coordination officer assured protection for the convent and the school.In June 2009 it was destroyed by raiders, according to a report from the Pakistani Bishops Justice and Peace Commission.The girls' boarding school, run by the Sisters was attacked with explosives that destroyed the building. No victims were reported, as the Sisters themselves had closed the school, as a precaution. The school had nearly 1,000 students mainly from poor Christian and Muslim families.According to the Church, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has suffered attacks on nearly 150 schools in recent years, a sign of the rise in intolerance and the spread of Islamic fundamentalist groups that are trying to annihilate the work of Christian institutions in the area of education.In April 2012 the school reopened with three sisters and over 80 girls.. }
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- Catholic_Public_High_School abstract "The Catholic Public High School in Sangota, in the Swat Valley, Pakistan was built in 1962 under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. The school for girls was closed on September 10, 2007, after a letter warned the Sisters running the school to close the "factory of Christians" or face suicide attacks. Jan Nisaran-e-Islam (sacrificers of Islam) sent the letter to Swat Press Club, and local newspapers published it on September 9. It reopened on 17 September after the Swat district coordination officer assured protection for the convent and the school.In June 2009 it was destroyed by raiders, according to a report from the Pakistani Bishops Justice and Peace Commission.The girls' boarding school, run by the Sisters was attacked with explosives that destroyed the building. No victims were reported, as the Sisters themselves had closed the school, as a precaution. The school had nearly 1,000 students mainly from poor Christian and Muslim families.According to the Church, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has suffered attacks on nearly 150 schools in recent years, a sign of the rise in intolerance and the spread of Islamic fundamentalist groups that are trying to annihilate the work of Christian institutions in the area of education.In April 2012 the school reopened with three sisters and over 80 girls.".