Christian Colony attacked in Peshawar, 4 terrorists killed in ongoing encounter

TIL Desk/World/Peshawar-Gunmen have attacked a Christian Colony near Warsak Dam on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan early Friday. Army personnel started an operation soon after in which four militants are believed to have been killed. A senior security official said the attack took place at around 6:00am.

An exchange of fire between gunmen and law enforcement personnel is ongoing.  heavy gunfire was heard, followed by intermittent explosions. “The military commando’s have moved in’ he said,” we are not sure of the exact number of attackers at the moment but there seem to be more than two’ he said.

The offical further confirmed  that two gunmen were killed in the shootout and one resident of the colony was also killed. The colony is situated in the jurisdiction of the Mathra police station, outside the military cantonment.