Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of Peshawar’s Agricultural Training Institute
Major crisis averted
Director General ISPR Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor and Inspector General KP Salahuddin Mehsud both stated in separate press conferences that three terrorists had been involved in the attack and had been killed; with the IG adding that the identity of a fourth suspected attacker was being confirmed.
The DG ISPR also said the attackers were in contact with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the assault; a statement echoed by the KP police chief.
The KP chief minister, however, later revealed that one attacker had been injured during the security forces' operation and was being interrogated. He also revealed that the attackers had arrived in Peshawar only the night before.
"One of the attackers was around 35 years old while the rest were under 25," he added.