 "Quetta attack: Two militants, security man killed; 85 injured")
Two militants and a security personnel were killed and at least 85 police recruits and security officials injured after around six gunmen stormed a police training centre in Pakistan's Quetta city, the capital of the restive Balochistan province.
The terrorists stormed the centre's hostel on Saryab Road at around 10:00 PM last night, prompting an operation by the Pakistani Army and Frontier Constabulary troops who rescued at least 250 cadets.
Balochistan province's home minister, Mir Sarfaraz Bugti told reporters that Pakistani military and other security forces had started a operation in the premises and had managed to clear two floors of the hostel.
The deceased security man has been identified as Zubair Hameed.
Bugti said the combing operation was going on and it was still not clear how many attackers had entered the police training college's premises in the darkness.
A government source said that one of the killed terrorists was wearing a suicide jacket with explosives which were yet to be defused.
The health secretary of the Balochistan government, Abdul Haq Baluch said around 65 injured people had been shifted to the Civil hospital and Military hospital.
He said the injured include police recruits, officials and two soldiers of the Frontier Corps.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that five to six terrorists had attacked the police training centre and Pakistan Army and Frontier Constabulary troops had arrived on the spot to start a clean-up operation.
Bugti said initial reports showed they were around 500 police cadets and recruits in the college hostel when the attack took place from a back gate of the college.
At least five loud explosions were also heard from inside the college after the terrorists entered the premises around 10.00 PM.
Militants have conducted attacks against security forces and national installations in Balochistan, which has been plagued by an insurgency and growing sectarian killings for more than a decade.
The terrorists stormed the centre's hostel on Saryab Road at around 10:00 PM last night, prompting an operation by the Pakistani Army and Frontier Constabulary troops who rescued at least 250 cadets.
Balochistan province's home minister, Mir Sarfaraz Bugti told reporters that Pakistani military and other security forces had started a operation in the premises and had managed to clear two floors of the hostel.
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"The security forces in the operation have killed two terrorists and safely rescued 250 cadets from the ground and first two floors of the hostel," Bugti said.
The deceased security man has been identified as Zubair Hameed.
Bugti said the combing operation was going on and it was still not clear how many attackers had entered the police training college's premises in the darkness.
A government source said that one of the killed terrorists was wearing a suicide jacket with explosives which were yet to be defused.
The health secretary of the Balochistan government, Abdul Haq Baluch said around 65 injured people had been shifted to the Civil hospital and Military hospital.
He said the injured include police recruits, officials and two soldiers of the Frontier Corps.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that five to six terrorists had attacked the police training centre and Pakistan Army and Frontier Constabulary troops had arrived on the spot to start a clean-up operation.
Bugti said initial reports showed they were around 500 police cadets and recruits in the college hostel when the attack took place from a back gate of the college.
At least five loud explosions were also heard from inside the college after the terrorists entered the premises around 10.00 PM.
Militants have conducted attacks against security forces and national installations in Balochistan, which has been plagued by an insurgency and growing sectarian killings for more than a decade.