As many as six security officials were killed and another nine injured after militants attacked FC barracks at Shamshato in outskirts of Peshawar on Wednesday night.
The officials confirmed that three rooms of the barracks and two vehicles were completely destroyed.
According to details, dozens of militants carrying sophisticated weapons attacked the FC Fort at Shamshato in Urmar area of Peshawar. The militants fired rockets and later opened fire. They also pelted the officials with grenades.
Peshawar Rural Police Superintendent Shafiullah Khan said that six FC personnel were killed in the attack and several others injured. He claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on the militants.
The local people said that the encounter between the militants and security forces continued for several hours. Fresh contingents were also summoned from Peshawar.
The fort is on the boundary between Peshawar and Frontier Region at Shasmshato Afghan refugee camp. The camp is a stronghold of Gulbadin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami.
The police and FC had launched joint operations in 2009 and 2010 and killed a large number of militants. However, the area has become a hotbed of violence for the last several months.
