Overview

• A multi-unit operation lasting about five to six hours cleared the Ratta Kulachi training school, with police, SSG commandos, Al-Burq and Elite Force personnel killing all six attackers.
• The military’s media wing reported six policemen killed and the school’s mosque imam slain, with 12 policemen and one civilian injured.
• Attackers rammed an explosives-laden truck into the main gate to breach the perimeter, then entered in mixed uniforms and used heavy weapons and grenades.
• Roughly 200 trainees, instructors and staff were evacuated during the firefight, according to local officials.
• Authorities said suicide vests, explosives and weapons were recovered, while the TTP claimed a wider wave of attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and officials linked the threat to militants operating from Afghanistan.