PESHAWAR: Terrorists attacked a natural gas and oil extraction plant in Hangu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday and killed four police personnel and two private guards, police said.
The attack by up to 50 militants took place at a plant run by the MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company in Hangu district near the Afghan border, police official Irfan Khan said.
No group has claimed responsibility. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Police said the terrorists targeted two wells – M-8 and M-10 – with heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades.
“The security guards at M-8 repulsed the terrorists’ attack but the casualties took place at M-10,” said Irfan Khan.
The militants also damaged a solar power plant at the gas power plant before fleeing to adjoining North Waziristan, where they had come from, he said.
Various militant factions, including the tehreek e Taliban Pakistan, have operated for years out of remote mountains in the northwest, launching attacks on security forces and infrastructure in their campaign against the state.
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