DEAD TERRORISTS FROM BADABER MOSQUE ATTACK
[The Taliban bombed the same site in March 2011 (SEE: Another Mosque Bombed Near Peshawar, March 14, 2011).]
Taliban militants attack mosque at air force base in Pakistan, killing 16
Islamabad (CNN)Militants raided an air force base in northwest Pakistan, killing 16 people praying inside a mosque.
The attack on the 10-acre Badaber base outside Peshawar on Friday is the largest assault on military personnel this year. It’s the highest profile assault in the area since terrorists killed 145, mostly children, during a school massacre last year.
When the militants attacked the base, security forces responded, killing 13 attackers, Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said in a series of tweets.
Bajwa had originally said about 10 militants launched the base attack. Soldiers are combing through the facility looking for any remaining attackers.
The military side suffered 10 injuries, including an Army major who was shot in the thigh, Bajwa said.
The Pakistani Taliban, known in the country as Tehrik-i-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
Badaber Air Base was built by the United States in the 1950s and was used as a listening post to intercept radio information from the Soviet Union.
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