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Gunmen attack paramilitary force headquarters, killing at least three Pakistanis the northwestern city of Peshawar On Monday.
The compound, the headquarters of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) paramilitary force, was also hit by two suicide bombers.
First suicide bomber According to the Pakistani newspaper, the main entrance of the police was attacked at around 8 am local time. dawn Informed. Pakistan Security Force sources were quoted as saying that after the blast, the second attacker tried to enter the building, but was killed near the parking lot.
At least three men of the Frontier Constabulary were killed in the attack, while two others were injured.
The army and police have cordoned off the area and law enforcement officials suspect that some terrorists are still present inside the headquarters after the first attack, the official said.
The force’s headquarters is located in a crowded area, close to a military cantonment. “The road has been closed to traffic and cordoned off by the army, police and (security) personnel,” said Safdar Khan, a resident of the area.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
However, the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has been blamed for similar previous attacks in the country, which has seen an increase in terrorist attacks.
The attacks have strained relations between Islamabad and Afghanistan’s Taliban government, with Pakistan accusing the Pakistani Taliban of operating independently inside Afghanistan since its takeover in 2021.
In September, at least six soldiers were killed and five militants were killed as Pakistan security forces foiled an attack on the FC headquarters in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In the same month, at least 10 people were killed in another powerful car bomb blast outside the headquarters of Pakistan’s paramilitary FC in the south-western city of Quetta.