Three terrorists were killed after they attacked the Federal Police (FC) headquarters in Sadar area of Peshawar on Monday morning, police said.
“Initially, three militants tried to attack the headquarters. One attacker blew himself up at the gate, while two others tried to enter the premises but were shot dead by FC personnel,” said Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Dr Mian Saeed Ahmad.
According to security sources, the attack occurred at 8 in the morning. They said that the khawarij First he carried out a suicide attack at the door of the FC headquarters. After the suicide attack, the khawarij They tried to enter the building but were killed, they said. They added that three FC men were killed in the incident, while two others were injured.
Security forces have surrounded the area and a clearance operation is underway, they said.
An emergency was declared at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), the largest public hospital in Peshawar, and Khyber Teaching Hospital.
LRH spokesperson Muhammad Asim said all the injured taken to hospital, including six civilians, were in stable condition.
The civilian paramilitary force, originally called the Border Police, was renamed by the government in July. The force headquarters is located in a busy area, near a military cantonment.
Today’s incident is the second major terrorist attack on a security facility in Peshawar in recent years. In 2023, 84 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar police lines.
Pakistan has witnessed a increase in terrorist activities, particularly in KP and Balochistan. Increase in terrorist incidents followed TTP end a ceasefire with the government in November 2022 and vowed to attack security forces, police and law enforcement personnel.
In September, six soldiers were martyred and five terrorists were killed when security forces foiled an attack on the FC headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district.
According to the army, the attack was carried out by an Indian representative. Fitna-al-Khwarij. Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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