| The Bannu Police on Friday successfully thwarted an attempt to attack Bannu Cantonment areas by defusing 10 rockets planted in a pond at Kurram. The rockets were aimed at military and sensitive installations at the Bannu Cantonment. The police officials said that the missiles were timed to fire at 6:35am on Friday. Bannu Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sikandar Khan on Friday received a tip-off about the sabotage attempt and informed the bomb disposal squad which immediately reached the scene and defused the rockets. Squad officials Gul Zameen and Rehmatullah rushed to the city’s locality of Ismael Khunikhel where they found 10 missiles in a pond adjacent to the River Kurram and defused them just 20 minutes prior to their firing. |