Security officials examine the site of a suicide bombing attack at the main gate of headquarters of the Federal Constabulary (FC), in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP Photo) Terrorists Attack in Peshawar: Gunmen launched attack on the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, senior police officials said, Dawn reported.
The headquarters of the frontier constabulary paramilitary force was also hit by two suicide bombers, wherein three Federal Constabulary men have been killed, while two others were injured, Dawn reported.
“The first suicide bomber first carried out an attack on the main entrance of the constabulary and the other one entered the compound,” a police official told Reuters.
Reports further stated that firing was heard after the blast and two militants have reportedly been killed. Security forces in the region have cordoned off the area.
“The FC headquarters is under attack. We are responding and the area is being cordoned off,” said Peshawar Capital City Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed Ahmad, according to Dawn.
The headquarter of the paramilitary force, where the attack took place, is situated in a crowded area which is close to a military cantonment and it took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
(with inputs from Reuters)
