Two assailants killed as Pakistani forces repulse attack on cadet college in northwest — military

ISLAMABAD: Two assailants were killed as Pakistani security forces repulsed an attack on Wana Cadet College in the country’s northwest, the Pakistani military said on Monday, adding three other attackers had been “cornered.”

The assailants attempted to breach the security perimeter and rammed an explosive laden vehicle into the main gate of the facility in South Waziristan district that borders Afghanistan, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing.

Pakistani soldiers engaged the attackers and killed two of them, while three others managed to enter the college premises, who have been “cornered in the college’s administrative block.”

The military said the attackers were members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who it says are sheltered by the Afghan Taliban and backed by India. Kabul and New Delhi deny the allegation.

“Khwarij (TTP militants) hiding inside college premises are in contact with their masters and handlers in Afghanistan and are getting instructions,” the ISPR said in a statement.