A group of gunmen men has reportedly attacked the campus of the Peshawar's Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) in Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring over 30 people.
According to the local police services, as cited by the Reuters news agency, the attackers exchanged fire with the security forces of the Directorate of Agriculture Institute of Peshawar.
"Police and army commandos have cordoned off the campus," Tahir Khan, chief of police in the northwestern city said. "A blast was also just heard from the campus."
The attackers were disguised by burqas, they shot and wounded a campus guard before entering the institute. All the four gunmen have been eliminated, Geo TV reported.
The death and injured toll continue to rise, as earlier reports have been saying nine people were killed and 37 injured.
Militants of the Pakistani wing of the Taliban terrorist movement (banned in Russia), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed the responsibility for the attack.
#PeshawarAttack TV footages show army troops joined police in operation against the gunmen who attacked an agriculture training center Peshawar. 11 people injured, hospital spox says. 2 army men, 3 policemen, 2 students and 1 reporter among injured. No claim yet pic.twitter.com/XV9xvlI1gd
— Rehman Khan🌐 (@Rehman0o) 1 декабря 2017 г.
UPDATE: Pakistani security forces were exchanging fire with the attackers of University of #Peshawar https://t.co/YnfZeAonoj pic.twitter.com/YGswsm8tv8
— RT (@RT_com) 1 декабря 2017 г.
Peshawar 2014 Attack
The attack comes almost three years after the Peshawar massacre at Peshawar's Army Public School, which took place on December 16, 2014. This terror incident carried out by the Taliban, claimed the lives of 141 people, mostly children.
