Taliban target Pak army HQ; 6 army men, 4 terrorists killed

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) In an daring attack, heavily-
armed Taliban terrorists dressed in military uniforms Saturday
targeted Pakistan army's headquarters in Rawalpindi near here,
triggering a fierce gun battle that killed four attackers and
six armymen, including a Brigadier and a Lt.Colonel.

Two terrorists, who managed to escape, were holding some
security personnel hostage in a building near the headquarters
and operations were underway to flush them out.

The six terrorists armed with assault rifles and grenades
came in a white van and opened fire when they were challenged
by the armymen at a check post near a cricket stadium outside
the fortified General Headquarters of army at 11.30 am local
time.

After an intense exchange of fire, the terrorists left
the van and ran towards another check point, firing
indiscriminately at security personnel for almost 45 minutes,
witnesses and officials said.

Four of the attackers and the six army personnel were
killed in the fierce encounter.

Witnesses said the attackers lobbed several grenades at
the soldiers.

Chief military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas initially
told reporters that soldiers had foiled the attempt by
terrorists to enter the General Headquarters and that the
situation was "fully under control" after the killing of
four attackers. (MORE) PTI RHL
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