At least four terrorists were killed in what appears to be a failed attack at Christian Colony near Warsak Dam on the outskirts of Peshawar.
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Two FC soldiers, a police constable, two civil guards, one levies official and one civilian were injured in exchange of fire with the terrorists. Sources said that the gunmen were wearing suicide jackets.
Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif praised security forces for foiling the attack. But overall levels of extremist-linked violence have dropped dramatically after Pak Army launched operations in September 2014 against the Tehreek-e-Taliban and other militant groups in the tribal areas of North Waziristan and Khyber Agency. Residents of the area were asked to stay inside their homes.
Pakistani police previously told CNN that four bystanders were killed and five were injured. Heavy contingents of security forces were called in the area for operation. There are reportedly 25 to 30 houses of Christian community located in the vicinity.
Senior analyst Rahimullah Yousufzai said the vicinity is a high-security zone with military and paramilitary installments, and a cadet college is also situated there.
Pakistan has been struck by a number of large-scale militant attacks in recent months, including a March suicide bombing targeting Christians celebrating Easter in a park in the city of Lahore that killed around 70 people.
Authorities said a suicide bomber attacked the morning crowds outside a district court in Mardan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The city suffered its worst terror attack in December 2014 when Taliban gunmen massacred more than 150 people, majority children, at an army-run school.
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At least 13 people have been killed in two separate militant attacks in n orth-western Pakistan.
