Islamabad, Feb 2: Dozens of Taliban militants, including suicide bombers, attacked a security forces' check post in Pakistan's restive northwest today, triggering an intense gun battle that killed 35 people, including 13 security personnel and 10 civilians.
Security forces repulsed the attack on the isolated check post, located at Serai Norang area of Lakki Marwat district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, after an exchange of fire that continued for over three hours.
The militants, who were armed with rocket-propelled grenades, launched the assault shortly before 4 am.
“Twelve terrorists were killed. The bodies of four terrorists, of whom two were wearing suicide jackets, are in the custody of the security forces,” said a security official who did not want to be named.
