Story highlights The deputy governor said he believes the incidents were intentional gas attacks

208 girls fell ill at one school, and 115 girls were hospitalized from another

Schoolgirls are often attacked by men who don't believe they should go to school

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) Mysterious fumes in two Afghan schools have sent more than 300 girls to a hospital this week -- and officials suspect the incidents were deliberate.

On Thursday, 115 girls from a school in Herat city were hospitalized after they were poisoned with some type of gas, Herat Regional Hospital spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai said.

The schoolgirls ranged in age from between 9 and 18, he said.

Sherzai said this is the third incident of its kind this week in the same police district of Herat.

On Monday, 140 girls were hospitalized from a different school in the city after smelling a similar gas, Sherzai said.

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