Taliban militants stormed a training institute in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar Friday, injuring at least seven people.
Two to three gunmen entered the Agriculture Training Institute Friday morning, where they began firing indiscriminately, Peshawar police chief Muhammad Tahir Khan said in a statement.
“A number of people have been injured and the military and other law enforcement agencies are carrying out an operation to clear the area,” he said.
Wasim Riaz, a senior police official, said seven people injured so far have been shifted to the government-run Lady Reading Hospital.
"An interior ministry official said that cellular networks have been suspended in various cities across the country for security reasons.
Security was also tight after weeks-long anti-blasphemy protests in Islamabad that saw seven killed and hundreds wounded in clashes with police.
Violence erupted over the weekend after police and paramilitary forces launched a bungled attempt to clear the sit-in, igniting fresh demonstrations in cities across the country, including in Lahore and Karachi.
The protests were finally ended just days ago under a military-brokered deal.
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