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The violence began when three students were killed for refusing to pay “tax” at a check post set up by highwaymen near Darpakhel village, west of Miranshah. As they heard the news of their peers’ death, the students came out with arms, including rocket-launchers, to avenge their killing. They attacked the highwaymen, killing seven late on Tuesday afternoon and another 10 on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that the seminary students later set fire to the highwaymen’s houses after evacuating the women and children. On Wednesday morning, the students carried off the bodies of five of the highwaymen from the Miranshah Town...