According to information provided by police to AFP, two members of a militant group who are suicide bombers drove two cars loaded with explosives into an army compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday evening, which resulted in massive explosions. “Suicide bombers rammed two explosives-laden vehicles into the entrance gate of Bannu Cantonment, triggering massive explosions… after which multiple militants attempted to storm the compound,” a senior district police official said on condition of anonymity.
“Security forces present at the scene engaged them in a gunfight. Initial reports confirm that four militants have been killed,” he added.
Bannu is a district in Pakistan’s turbulent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that is close to Afghanistan and adjacent to the formerly self-governing tribal areas of the country. “The exchange of fire is still ongoing, and security forces are pursuing the remaining attackers,” official said.
The attack was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, which actively supported the Afghan Taliban in its war against the US-led NATO coalition since 2001.
“Our fighters got access to an important target and took control,” the group said in a statement, without providing further details.
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