3 terrorists killed as Federal Constabulary headquarters comes under attack in Peshawar
Three terrorists were killed after they attacked the Federal Constabulary (FC) headquarters in Peshawar’s Sadar area on Monday morning, police said.
“Initially, three militants tried to attack the headquarters. One bomber blew himself up on the gate, while two others tried to enter the premises but were gunned down by FC personnel,” Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Dr Mian Saeed Ahmad said
According to security sources, the attack occurred at 8am. They said that the khawarij first carried out a suicide attack on the gate of the FC headquarters. After the suicide blast, the khawarij 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 being carried out, they said.
An emergency was declared at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Peshawar’s largest public sector hospital, and Khyber Teaching Hospital.
LRH Spokesperson Muhammad Asim said that all the injured brought to the hospital, which included six civilians, were all stable.
The civilian paramilitary force, originally called the Frontier Constabulary, was renamed by the government in July. The headquarters of the force is located in a crowded area, close to a military cantonment.
Today’s incident is the second major terrorist attack on a security installation in Peshawar in recent years. In 2023, 84 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terror activities, particularly in KP and Balochistan. The spike in terror incidents followed the TTP ending a ceasefire with the government in November 2022 and vowing to attack security forces, police, and personnel of law enforcement agencies.
In September, six soldiers were martyred and five terrorists were killed as security forces thwarted an attack on the FC Headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district.
According to the military, the attack was carried out by Indian proxy Fitna-al-Khwarij. Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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