BANNU: Safety forces thwarted a terrorist assault on Bannu Cantonment, killing six terrorists throughout the infiltration try, ARY Information reported citing safety sources.
Based on safety sources, the terrorists tried to enter the cantonment after Iftar, however had been met with swift motion from the safety forces.
The terrorists, who got here in explosive-laden autos, crashed into the cantonment’s partitions, inflicting vital harm. Safety personnel stationed at varied entry factors of the cantonment engaged the terrorists, killing six of them.
The explosion from the autos additionally broken a close-by mosque and homes, leading to accidents to harmless civilians. Safety forces have launched a clearance operation to eradicate any remaining terrorists.
Earlier, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Samiul Haq (JUI-S) chief Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq was amongst three martyred after a robust suicide blast ripped by Akora Khattak’s Darul Uloom Haqqania, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the chief secretary and IG confirmed.
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Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq took over JUI-S after his father, Maulana Samiul Haq, was assassinated in 2018. Sami-ul-Haq was stabbed a number of occasions at his residence in Rawalpindi.
Based on particulars, the explosion occurred contained in the seminary after Friday prayers, in line with the town police officer.
The assault focused Maulana Hamidul Haq at Darul Uloom Haqqania, KP Inspector Common of Police Zulfiqar Hameed mentioned.
He confirmed the demise of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami’s head, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, to reporters. The KP IGP added that it was a suicide blast.