61 killed in attack on Pak police academy

Terrorists attacked a police training college in Pakistan’s Quetta and killed 61 people — most of them fresh recruits — and wounded more than 120. Pakistani authorities blamed militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) for the late-Monday siege, though the Islamic State claimed its fighters carried out the attack.

Three masked gunmen burst into the sprawling academy, targeting quarters that are home to some 700 recruits, sending terrified young men fleeing.

“I saw three men in camouflage carrying Kalashnikovs. They started firing and entered the dormitory but I managed to escape,” a survivor said.

The attack on the Balochistan Police College, around 20 km east of provincial capital Quetta, began at around 11:10 pm (local time) Monday, with gunfire continuing for several hours.