Peshawar Under Militant Attack Again

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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (GaeaTimes.com)- The city of Peshawar in the northwestern region of Pakistan was witness to a vicious attacks by militants on Saturday morning near the US consulate. The exchange of gunfire between the security forces and the suspected militants ensued from early morning today and continued unabated for many hours. The attack is known to have taken place in an army intelligence office on Khyber Road which houses a number of governmental offices and is only a few blocks away from the US consulate.

According to some Peshawar police officials, some suspected militants who have been captured by the cops were being questioned when the attacks took place, although it still remains unclear whether the attacks were in any way related to the questioning. However, the latest reports have indicated that situation was actually a hostage crisis after the captured militants who were being interrogated seized the weapons from the guards and took them under hostage. A spokesperson of the Pakistani army Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas confirmed to the reporters that the terrorists ‘overpowered two sentries’ and held them as hostages. It has been reported that the army has sealed off the nearby region while gunfire could be heard for many hours. However, further details of the incident has not been revealed to the media and the actual scenario continues to remain unclear.

Saturday’s attack in Peshawar, which is the capital of the disturbed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, comes on the heels of a suspected U.S. missile attacks which targeted two vehicles of militants resulting in the death of four of them.