Militants responsible for army college attack in Pakistan get killed
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on media communication, stated that the operation has concluded and authorities are now inspecting the college premises to remove any potential improvised explosive devices.
The attack occurred on Monday at Cadet College in Wana, South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, when militants drove an explosive-laden vehicle into the college’s main gate. Two attackers, including a suicide bomber, were killed at the entrance, while three others managed to enter the facility.
Security forces rescued over 600 people, including students, teachers, and civilian staff, and subsequently cornered the remaining militants in the college’s administrative block.
The official noted that the assailants attempted to replicate the 2014 Peshawar school attack, but security personnel successfully prevented a similar catastrophe.
On December 16, 2014, six Taliban fighters stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar, killing nearly 150 people, including more than 130 schoolchildren. Responsibility for that attack was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Khalifa Mansoor faction. Mansoor was later killed in a U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan in October 2017.
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