Peshawar: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today said it carried out a pre-emptive strike at detachment of Pakistan Army in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in which 3 soldiers were killed and there was likelihood of many more casualties and injuries.
The TTP cadres carried out an ambush on Army convoy at around 3 AM in Puran Choga area of Shangla District in Malakand Province in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, its spokesman Muhammad Khurasani said.
Thermal guns were also used in the attack, in which 3 army personnel were killed and there is a strong possibility of more casualties and injuries, he said.
Khurasani said the Army detachment had come to Shangla with the intention of raiding the TTP and had camped inside a school in Mkhuzi Anwar area.
When the TTP got the information, it immediately prepared and counter-attacked them in which three soldiers were killed, the spokesman said.
Earlier last night, the Mujahideen of TTP attacked ‘Levis’ police station in Mizai Ada area of Qil Abdullah district of Balochistan with a hand grenade, in which there is a strong possibility of casualties, Khurasani said.
TTP also carried out a grenade attack last night at the office of DSP Shab Qadar in Shab Qadar District in Peshawar Province, as a result of which his vehicle was partially destroyed, but no casualties have been reported yet.
A personnel of paramilitary Frontier Corps was killed and another injured in a sniper attack on Kohi check post in Bara district of Khyber-Jansi Province last night, Khurasani said.
