"The attack occurred at 8:10 a.m. local time (0310 UTC). One of the bombers carried out an attack at the entrance to the complex, Peshawar police chief Mian Saeed Ahmad was cited by Dawn newspaper as saying. The other two attackers attempted to enter the headquarters and were gunned down in its parking area, he said. According to Ahmad, three officers were killed in the attack and two others were injured."
""The terrorists involved in today's attack were on foot and failed to reach the parade area and a timely response by our forces prevented a much larger tragedy." Police had completed the clearance operation and authorities had collected samples of the body parts of the attackers for DNA tests. He added police are still investigating to determine the identity and nationality of the attackers without giving further details."
Two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of Pakistan's civilian paramilitary force, formerly called the Frontier Constabulary, in Peshawar on Saddar Road, killing at least three officers and injuring two. The attack occurred at 8:10 a.m. local time, with one bomber striking the entrance and the others gunned down in the parking area. About 150 security personnel were on open ground for morning parade drills when the attack took place, but attackers failed to reach the parade. Security forces completed clearance operations, collected attackers' body parts for DNA tests, and are investigating identities and nationalities. No group has claimed responsibility; TTP has been linked to similar attacks.
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