Peshawar: Unidentified gunmen on Monday attacked a paramilitary force headquarters Pakistan's Peshawar. So far there are no reports of any injuries or casualties in the attack. At least six people reportedly lost their lives in the attack.
Several videos of the attack also surfaced online. According to local media outlets, two suicide bombings took place at the Federal Corps Headquarters in Saddar.
One of the suicide bombing reportedly was carried out at the main gate and the other at the motorcycle stand. The gunfight between the gunmen and security personnel is currently underway.
Peshawar Capital City Police Officer Mian Saeed Ahmad confirmed the incident "The FC headquarters is under attack. We are responding and the area is being cordoned off," Ahmad told Pakistan daily Dawn.
No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
More details are still awaited.
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been witnessing increasing incidents of terrorist attacks on security personnel in the past few years, primarily from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
On September 3, a suicide blast at a political rally in Quetta killed 11 people and injured over 40, striking a stadium parking lot where hundreds of Balochistan National Party supporters had gathered.
