Two soldiers were killed when four heavily-armed suicide bombers attacked a mosque today at an army facility in northwestern Pakistan.
In a statement Pakistan army said, two soldiers and four insurgents were killed in the shootout. It said 15 troops were also injured, five of them seriously, in the attack on Ghalani Camp in Mohmand tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
It said the attackers wanted to enter the camp and started firing after they reached the mosque, where residents and a large number of recruits were present.
Security officials said search operation is underway to trace and arrest any accomplices of the attackers.
Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan’s breakaway faction Jamaat-ul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.