PESHAWAR: Unknown miscreants opened fire at a landing
flight at Bacha Khan International Airport in the capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday night, however, the aircraft and
passengers remained safe, official sources said.
Unidentified gunmen had attacked another passenger aircraft earlier in June as it came in to land at the same airport, killing a woman and injuring two flight stewards on board.
Official
sources said that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-756
form Riyadh was fired upon by unknown miscreants between Sulemankhel and
Mashokhel of Peshawar’s Badhber area tonight.
The Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA) officials said that they have reports of firing
but the flight landed safely without any injuries to the passengers.
They said that they cannot officially confirm the attack.
Badhber
Police said that they have heard and seen the gunfire and were
investigating if the plane was attacked or it was a routine celebratory
fire, common in the area.
Another security source in the area told
Dawn.com that light and short range weapons were used and the fire came
from Sulemankhel area and it continued for about a minute. The security
forces in the area targeted the firing spot and the attackers were
silenced, the source added.
Security forces were dispatched to the area and launched a search operation.
It
may be mentioned that Dara Adamkhel Taliban were planning to target
military helicopters and war planes besides passenger aircraft in
Peshawar, according to a report by DawnNews.
Security was put
on high alert on Friday night after the threat alert and besides FC and
police, army troops also patrolled the area near the tribal areas
specially Adezai, Badhber and Mattani.
- Source: http://www.dawn.com
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