Suicide attackers drove two explosive-packed cars into the gate of Bannu Cantonment, causing huge blasts. After which several militants tried to break into the compound, police added.
Peshawar: At least six Pakistani civilians lost their lives in a suicide attack by a military outfit that drove two explosive-packed vehicles into an army compound on Tuesday evening, police informed AFP. Least six civilians were killed in the two attacks, three of whom were children,” a senior police officer in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said, not wishing to be named.
Two suicide bombers crashed two explosive-packed vehicles into the gate of Bannu Cantonment, producing huge explosions. After which several militants tried to storm the complex, a senior district police officer said on condition of anonymity. Security troops on the site exchanged fire with them. At least four militants have been shot dead,” he said.
Bannu district in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province adjoins the nation’s formerly autonomous tribal zones and is near Afghanistan. The firefight continues and security troops are chasing the fleeing attackers,” the official said.
The group was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, which openly backed the Afghan Taliban’s war against the US-led NATO coalition since 2001. Our fighters gained access to a valuable target and took over,” the group wrote in a statement, without offering more information.
