PESHAWAR: Three burqa-clad Taliban militants on Friday stormed an agriculture training institute in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and opened indiscriminate hearth, killing at least 12 folks, part of them scholars, ahead of being shot useless by means of safety forces.
The heavily-armed militants, who arrived on an auto rickshaw, attacked the scholars' hostel of the Directorate of Agriculture Extension on the University Road within the city, the capital of the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
The institute was once closed for the Eid-e-Milad holiday, however about 70 scholars have been present within the hostel.
The militants stormed the development by means of firing automated weapons, growing panic, officials said.
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed duty for the assault.
Police leader of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Salahuddin Mehsud said 12 folks together with six scholars, a safety guard and five civilians, have been killed and 32 others injured within the assault.
Aerial surveillance of the operation was once performed by means of the military aviation division whereas armoured cars of safety forces have been also called on web page.
He said three terrorists have been killed by means of safety forces after a gunfight which lasted for an hour. Police are looking to verify the id of a useless particular person.
Bullets holes in development walls, broken glass scattered and blood stains might be seen on TV photos.
An enormous cache of hands, together with three unexploded suicide vests, 20 hand grenades, Klashnikovs were recovered from the possession of terrorists.
A police officer and two army troops have been some of the injured.
Mehsud said the terrorists had hyperlinks inside Afghanistan.
An eyewitness said he and his colleagues have been sleeping when the firing started Geo News reported.
The eyewitness, a student, said he and his colleagues ran as fast as they might however two of them have been injured within the firing.
"We took them out with us and admitted them to the hospital," said Ariful Haq, including that round 120 scholars live within the hostel however most had long past home due to the lengthy weekend.
He added that the scholars who board on the premises are endeavor their diplomas in Agriculture Sciences and Veterinary Sciences.
Peshawar, close to the Afghan border, has seen one of the most worst violence all over the Taliban insurgency in recent years.
In 2014, a total of 147 folks, together with 132 schoolchildren, have been massacred in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks within the country's history when terrorists stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar Cantonment and opened indiscriminate hearth.
Later, on January 20, 2016, 21 scholars and group of workers participants of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda here have been killed after terrorists stormed the university and opened hearth.
The heavily-armed militants, who arrived on an auto rickshaw, attacked the scholars' hostel of the Directorate of Agriculture Extension on the University Road within the city, the capital of the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
The institute was once closed for the Eid-e-Milad holiday, however about 70 scholars have been present within the hostel.
The militants stormed the development by means of firing automated weapons, growing panic, officials said.
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed duty for the assault.
Police leader of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Salahuddin Mehsud said 12 folks together with six scholars, a safety guard and five civilians, have been killed and 32 others injured within the assault.
Aerial surveillance of the operation was once performed by means of the military aviation division whereas armoured cars of safety forces have been also called on web page.
He said three terrorists have been killed by means of safety forces after a gunfight which lasted for an hour. Police are looking to verify the id of a useless particular person.
Bullets holes in development walls, broken glass scattered and blood stains might be seen on TV photos.
An enormous cache of hands, together with three unexploded suicide vests, 20 hand grenades, Klashnikovs were recovered from the possession of terrorists.
A police officer and two army troops have been some of the injured.
Mehsud said the terrorists had hyperlinks inside Afghanistan.
An eyewitness said he and his colleagues have been sleeping when the firing started Geo News reported.
The eyewitness, a student, said he and his colleagues ran as fast as they might however two of them have been injured within the firing.
"We took them out with us and admitted them to the hospital," said Ariful Haq, including that round 120 scholars live within the hostel however most had long past home due to the lengthy weekend.
He added that the scholars who board on the premises are endeavor their diplomas in Agriculture Sciences and Veterinary Sciences.
Peshawar, close to the Afghan border, has seen one of the most worst violence all over the Taliban insurgency in recent years.
In 2014, a total of 147 folks, together with 132 schoolchildren, have been massacred in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks within the country's history when terrorists stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar Cantonment and opened indiscriminate hearth.
Later, on January 20, 2016, 21 scholars and group of workers participants of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda here have been killed after terrorists stormed the university and opened hearth.
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