PESHAWAR (SW): Nine people were killed and 37 injured as at least three terrorists stormed the hostel of Peshawar's Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) in Pakistan on Friday morning.
According to the local media, the attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Hayatabad Medical Complex Director Shahzad Akbar has said six dead and 18 injured had been brought to the hospital. Khyber Teaching Hospital sources said they had received three bodies and 17 wounded.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said two soldiers had been injured in the reprisal to the attack. They had been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital for treatment.
According to Dawn news, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police has said all terrorists had been neutralised after a "successful clearance operation" by the security forces. Director General ISPR Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor and Inspector General KP Salahuddin Mehsud both later stated that three terrorists had been involved in the attack and had been killed, with the IG saying the identity of a fourth suspected attacker was being confirmed.
In a similar attack, more than 140 people, mostly children, were killed by the terrorist in Peshawar at the Army Public School on 15 December 2016.
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