4 terrorists, 1 civilian killed in attack on Christian colony in Pak’s Peshawar

Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said search operation is underway at the site of the attack.

Peshawar

: At least one civilian was killed and four terrorists were gunned down in an encounter between Pakistan security forces and unidentified gunmen, who attacked Peshawar's Christian Colony near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Friday morning.

The security forces have gunned down all the four attackers, General Director of the Inter-Services Public Relations Asim Bajwa said in a tweet. Search operation is underway in the area, he added.

According to a report in Dawn, the gunmen, wearing suicide jackets, attacked the colony around 6 am and eyewitnesses claimed to have heard sounds of explosions in the area, which has been cordoned off.

Additional troops of police, Frontier Corps and Pakistan Army commandos were rushed to the colony soon after the attack took place.