Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists attacked the Cadet College in Wana, South Waziristan, late in the afternoon on Monday.

 

Operation Commander Colonel Tahir, who was part of the operation against the terrorists, revealed what happened during the attack. 

 

He said that "five Afghan Khawarij" came to Cadet College, which is a very important college for the students in South Waziristan, and rammed an explosives‐laden vehicle into the main gate.

 

Four more terrorists entered the college and tried to kidnap students but they were stopped by army commandos. Tahir mentions that the army managed to trap the terrorists in one administrative block of the college and late in the evening, around 10pm, an operation began against four remaining terrorists.

 

According to a student who spoke to the media, students were preparing for a drill competition when they heard an explosion. He says that the army escorted them out of the college and took them to a camp and protected them. He said that the terrorists are "against education and they will never be able to stop us from getting an education.”

 

A second eye-witness said that he heard an explosion and their teacher told the students not to worry and that everything would be okay. He said the army came in and then everything was fine.

 

There were 550 cadets in the college at the time and all were safely evacuated.

 

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar hailed it as a “huge achievement” by the Pakistan Army, saying the attack could have rivaled the 2014 APS tragedy.