Pakistani security forces Wednesday claimed to have thwarted an imminent terror attack in Peshawar by seizing a huge cache of weapons and ammunition, including over 1,000 assault rifles, during raids
Pakistani security forces Wednesday claimed to have thwarted an imminent terror attack in Peshawar by seizing a huge cache of weapons and ammunition, including over 1,000 assault rifles, during raids in the city.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that militants wanted to carry out a major terrorist attack in Peshawar, capital of the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which has been frequently targeted by the Pakistani Taliban.
At least 1,000 rifles, some of them foreign-made, were recovered during the raids at the warehouses in the city.
The raids were carried out after receiving information about presence of modern weapons in the area, ISPR said. The weapons seized included automatic M4 rifles, M6 rifles, telescopes and a huge quantity of bullets. Security in Peshawar and adjoining areas has been tightened since the attack on Bacha Khan University.
