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At least 42 people, including 13 terrorists, were killed as the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp at Inqalab road in Peshawar’s Badaber area came under attack by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants early Friday.
Thirteen terrorists were killed by security forces, Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter.
Earlier Director General Inter-Services Public Relations, Major-General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter that thirteen terrorists were killed by security forces.
A group of gunmen wearing explosives-laden jackets and armed with hand-propelled grenades, mortars, AK-47 rifles attacked a guard post as they tried to fight their way into the Badaber air base on outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Bajwa said, sixteen people offering prayers at a mosque inside the air force camp were killed also by the militants. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.