RAWALPINDI: As many as 10 terrorists were killed when they tried entering the Bannu Cantonment, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Tuesday, with eight soldiers also martyred in the incident.
In a statement, the ISPR said the group of 10 attacked the Bannu Cantonment in the early hours of July 15, but their attempt to enter the facility was effectively thwarted by the security forces personnel.
However, when their attack failed, the terrorists rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the perimeter wall of the cantonment, the military’s media wing said.
The suicide blast, the ISPR said, led to the collapse of a portion of the wall and damaged the adjoining infrastructure, resulting in the martyrdom of eight brave sons of soil.
They were identified as:
- Naib Subedar Muhammad Shehzad, 44, resident of Poonch district, AJK
- Havildar Zil-e-Hussain, 39, resident of Khushab district
- Havildar Shahzad Ahmed, 28, resident of Neelum district, AJK
- Sepoy Ashfaq Hussain Khan, 30, resident of Muzzafarabad district, AJK
- Sepoy Sobhan Majeed, 22, resident of Muzzafarabad district, AJK
- Sepoy Imtiaz Khan, 30, resident of Karak district
- Sepoy Arsalan Aslam, 26, resident of Bahawalpur district
- Frontier Constabulary’s Lance Naik Sabz Ali, 34, resident of Lakki Marwat
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