 A militant was killed and nine Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel injured when “hundreds of Taliban militants” attacked an FC fort in the Nawai Dand area bordering North Waziristan Agency late on Wednesday with heavy weapons, officials told Daily Times. “The militants shouted Allah-o-Akbar before attacking the fort,” FC personnel told Daily Times as sources in the local administration said that hundreds of militants took part in the onslaught. This is the second attack in Hangu district since an August 20 suicide attack on a checkpost in which six paramilitary soldiers were killed.
| According to unofficial reports, the security personnel had vacated the fort before the attack. The reports said that the attackers dismantled the fortÂ’s main gate and damaged the building. |
Police sources said that the militants used heavy weapons in the three-hour attack. They said that the security personnel killed an attacker, Sher Ayub of Mir Ali town in North Waziristan, in retaliatory fire. AyubÂ’s body was later handed over to the Tal police. Naib s bedar Bashir Ahmed, who is in charge of the FC fort, said that 25 security personnel were deployed at the fort. However, according to unofficial reports, the security personnel had vacated the fort before the attack. The reports said that the attackers dismantled the fortÂ’s main gate and damaged the building. Hangu DPO visited the area and directed the officials to register a first information report against the unidentified militants.
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