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Ten killed in attack on Pak Army HQ in Rawalpindi |
Ten people were killed in terrorist attack on the Pakistan Army Headquarters
in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The extremists, who arrived in a white car, opened
fire and lobbed five handgrenades in their bid to break the barrier and force their way into
the headquarters. Security forces retaliated the gunfire and killed four terrorists, who
according to eyewitnesses were dressed in army uniform. A massive combing operation
was launched in the area adjacent to the HQ resulting in the arrest of two other militants
who were trying to escape. Television footage showed helicopters keeping a close watch
on the militant movements while the ground operations were on.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's Ajmad Farooqi group
has claimed responsibility for the ghastly terror attack. The TTP group called a private
television news channel to claim the responsibility for the attack in which four attackers
were killed while two others were nabbed by the security forces. The TTP's
aforementioned branch demanded that the military operation in the North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) should be called off immediately. It also asked the private US security
agency, Blackwater and all the western non-government organizations (NGO) to leave
Pakistan as soon as possible, The News reports. Earlier, Pakistan Army spokesman Major
General Athar Abbas confirmed that the situation outside GHQ was under control
as all four terrorists who carried out the gun battle at the check post, were
killed. Two militants were arrested during an hour-long encounter in which six
security personnel were also killed. Major General Abbas said a massive search
operation cum air surveillance was continuing in areas adjacent to the headquarters
to ascertain whether there were any more terrorists or not. The extremists, who
arrived in a white car, opened fire near the GHQ and lobbed five hand grenades
in their bid to break the barrier and force their way into the headquarters. Security
forces retaliated the gunfire and killed four terrorists, who according to eyewitnesses
were dressed in army uniforms. Television footage showed helicopters keeping a
close watch on the militants movements while the ground operation was on.
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