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A bomb attack that killed a young girl and her father outside a school in Thailand has been condemned as a �鶹APP�war crime�鶹APP�.

The explosive was hidden in a motorcycle and detonated just as parents were dropping off their children in front of the Taba elementary school.

Mitrah Wobah �鶹APP� whose age has been given as four or five �鶹APP� and her father Mayend died instantly. At man aged 23 later died of his injuries and at least 10 other people, including parents and teachers, were wounded in the blast �鶹APP� the latest in a series of insurgent attacks in Narathiwat province.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today it was a deliberate attack on a school and denied children their right to education.

�鶹APP�Those responsible for bombing a school just as parents were dropping off their children showed incomprehensible brutality,�鶹APP� said Brad Adams, HRW�鶹APP�s Asia director.

�鶹APP�Calling this a war crime does not fully convey the harm done to the victims or the far-reaching impact such attacks have on children in the region.�鶹APP�

HRW said more than 200 schools have been burned down or bombed in the past 12 years as part of insurgency by separatist groups.

It added: �鶹APP�At least 182 teachers have been killed, sometimes in their classrooms. Insurgents have also frequently ambushed Thai government security patrols trying to escort teachers and students safely to and from their schools.�鶹APP�

UNICEF�鶹APP�s Thailand representative Thomas Davin said:���鶹APP�No children nor any caretakers or education professionals should live or learn under fear of such attacks.�鶹APP�

Around the world, children are being denied an education because of attacks on schools and conflicts.��

Students protest against violence after the bombing at a school

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Last month on a school in Yemen. In Libya, 279,000 children have been shut out of their classrooms, with

All schools in��Indian-administered Kashmir because of violent clashes.

In Africa�鶹APP�s Lake Chad Basin,��at least with over 1000 schools destroyed or occupied. In 2015

Then there is the Syrian conflict. South Sudan. The list goes on and on. In 2015, 75 million children had their education disrupted or ended completely because of humanitarian emergencies �鶹APP� mainly conflicts.

In May, the��Education Cannot Wait fund was launched at the first ever World Humanitarian Summit. But more urgent action is needed and more funds need to be pledged by donor countries to make the fund work.

Human Rights Watch said its research showed��insurgents affiliated with Barisan Revolusi Nasional-Coordinate in Thailand had targeted schools, teachers and other education staff.

It has urged the Thai government to join the 55 countries that have already endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration �鶹APP� a commitment to take action to protect students, teachers and schools during armed conflicts.

Narathiwat province is one of three Muslim-majority provinces in predominantly Buddhist Thailand where a separatist insurgency has been raging since 2004.