Gunmen have stormed a college in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least nine people and injuring 36.
Pakistani security personnel take position outside the Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants. Photo: AFP / ABDUL MAJEED
At least three men disguised in burkas arrived in a rickshaw and entered the Peshawar Agriculture Training Institute on Friday morning.
All of the attackers were also killed, the army said. The Pakistani Taliban said they had carried out the attack.
The college was thought to have been closed for the Eid-e-Milad holiday.
Pakistani soldiers enter an Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar. Photo: AFP / ABDUL MAJEED
At least one blast was heard from inside the campus, according to media reports citing the military. Police and army commandos cordoned off the site.
Eight students and an office worker were killed, police said.
One wounded student, Ahteshan ul-Haq, told Reuters that about 120 out of nearly 400 college residents were present during the attack, as most had gone home for a long holiday weekend.
"We were sleeping when we heard gunshots. I got up and within seconds everybody was running and shouting 'the Taliban have attacked'," he said.
- BBC / Reuters
