The Bannu military cantonment in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, over 330 km east of Islamabad, came under heavy attack early on Monday (July 15). The attack was reportedly led by several suicide bombers and consequent gunbattle with the security forces.

Several killed after Taliban-linked suicide bombers storm Pakistani cantonment

According to the sources, it is now being said that the hostage crisis in Pakistan's Bannu has now ended. The hostages according to report have all been rescued.

WION Dispatch: Pakistan hostage crisis ends after 3 days

A group of terrorists has seized a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern Pakistani area of Bannu. According to officials, the terrorists took policemen hostages demanding safe passage to neighboring Afghanistan in exchange for their lives.

Terrorists seize a counter-terrorism centre in Bannu, Pakistan

Terrorists take Pakistani policemen hostage at counter-terrorism center in Bannu

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