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| Pakistan university attack: gunmen storm Bacha Khan campus – live updates | Pakistan university attack: gunmen storm Bacha Khan campus – live updates |
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| 6.58am GMT | |
| 06:58 | |
| Four terrorists are now confirmed to have been killed in the operation to secure the campus. | |
| Update:Snipers killed 2 more terrorists on roof top,total Terrorist killed so far 4.All buildings&roof top taken over by Army.op continues-3 | |
| 6.55am GMT | |
| 06:55 | |
| An update on the death toll from the attack: Pakistan media are reporting that the emergency services say there are at least seven dead and 12 injured. | |
| 6.51am GMT | |
| 06:51 | |
| Bacha Khan University is a public-sector institute established in July 2012 and named after Pashtun independence and peace activist Abdul Ghaffar Khan. | |
| It describes its mission as “foster creative and critical thinking” among its students with a particular focus on scientific research.Khan was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and has had airports and medical colleges named after him. | |
| Khan, who fiercely opposed the division of India, died on 20 January 1988, in Peshawar while under house arrest. He was buried in Jalalabad. Thousands attended his funeral, which was hit by two bomb explosions in which 15 people died. | |
| Today is the 28th anniversary of his death. | |
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| 6.49am GMT | |
| 06:49 | |
| At least two terrorists have been confirmed dead, according to the army’s spokesman. | |
| Update Charsadda:Two more terrorists who were firing from inside the Block cordoned by Army troops,shot&killed.Op continues | |
| 6.47am GMT | |
| 06:47 | |
| There are reports that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have claimed responsibility for the attack. The militant group has a habit of grabbing global headlines. | |
| 6.42am GMT | |
| 06:42 | |
| The Pakistani prime minister has expressed his sorrow over news of the attack. | |
| 6.40am GMT | |
| 06:40 | |
| There is a large military presence outside the campus now. | |
| 6.38am GMT | |
| 06:38 | |
| There were hundreds of people at the university when the attack began. The Bacha Khan University teaches over 3,000 students and hosted an additional 600 visitors on Wednesday for a poetry recital. | |
| 6.37am GMT | |
| 06:37 | |
| An update on the injured from deputy inspector general Saeed Wazir, who told Reuters three security guards, one university lecturer and one student were critically wounded but there were no confirmed deaths. He said 70% of students had been rescued. | |
| 6.36am GMT | |
| 06:36 | |
| Reuters has spoken to a university lecturer who overheard police saying many people had been killed: | |
| Shabir Khan, a lecturer in the English department, said he was about to leave the hostel for the department when firing began. | |
| “Most of the students and staff were in classes when the firing began,” Khan said. “I have no idea about what’s going on but I heard one security official talking on the phone to someone and said many people had been killed and injured.” | |
| 6.34am GMT | |
| 06:34 | |
| Images from the scene show security personnel outside the university grounds. | |
| 6.30am GMT | |
| 06:30 | |
| The Guardian has a reporter on the ground who says security forces are claiming that the gunmen have taken a number of people hostage inside the campus, including women. | |
| 6.25am GMT | |
| 06:25 | |
| There are reports that one of the casualties of the attack is a chemistry professor. However, there is no official confirmation of his death or the number of dead and injured. | |
| 6.24am GMT | 6.24am GMT |
| 06:24 | 06:24 |
| Images from outside the campus show emergency services on standby. | Images from outside the campus show emergency services on standby. |
| 6.23am GMT | 6.23am GMT |
| 06:23 | 06:23 |
| A senior military spokesman has been tweeting about the operation at Bacha Khan: | A senior military spokesman has been tweeting about the operation at Bacha Khan: |
| 6.20am GMT | 6.20am GMT |
| 06:20 | 06:20 |
| Here is some detail on how the attack began: | Here is some detail on how the attack began: |
| “The gunmen entered from the back gate of the university where the guest house and started opening doors and firing indiscriminately. Right now, the gunmen are holed up behind a wall of the boy’s hostel,” a student, Abid Ali, who was evacuated from the university told The Express Tribune. | “The gunmen entered from the back gate of the university where the guest house and started opening doors and firing indiscriminately. Right now, the gunmen are holed up behind a wall of the boy’s hostel,” a student, Abid Ali, who was evacuated from the university told The Express Tribune. |
| 6.18am GMT | 6.18am GMT |
| 06:18 | 06:18 |
| There are reports from some Pakistani media outlets of large numbers of casualties within the university. However, there has been no confirmation so far from the authorities and the situation is ongoing. | There are reports from some Pakistani media outlets of large numbers of casualties within the university. However, there has been no confirmation so far from the authorities and the situation is ongoing. |
| 6.17am GMT | 6.17am GMT |
| 06:17 | 06:17 |
| One eyewitness told Geo News there are ten militants inside the university and a large number of worried parents have gathered outside the university worried about their children inside. | One eyewitness told Geo News there are ten militants inside the university and a large number of worried parents have gathered outside the university worried about their children inside. |
| 6.14am GMT | 6.14am GMT |
| 06:14 | 06:14 |
| Reuters is reporting that police say most of the students on the campus have been rescued but gunmen remain on the second and third floors of the campus building. | Reuters is reporting that police say most of the students on the campus have been rescued but gunmen remain on the second and third floors of the campus building. |
| 6.13am GMT | 6.13am GMT |
| 06:13 | 06:13 |
| Hospitals in the region are reportedly on red alert, with the expectation of many casualties. ARY news reports that as many as seven blasts in total were heard from inside the university. | Hospitals in the region are reportedly on red alert, with the expectation of many casualties. ARY news reports that as many as seven blasts in total were heard from inside the university. |
| One eyewitness said he was hiding in the toilet while militants roamed the university. | One eyewitness said he was hiding in the toilet while militants roamed the university. |
| 6.09am GMT | 6.09am GMT |
| 06:09 | 06:09 |
| Gunmen have attacked the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan. Firing is ongoing inside the campus and at least two explosions have been heard. There are reports of 50 people injured and one dead. The university’s vice chancellor says students are trapped on the campus. The army is on the scene. | Gunmen have attacked the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan. Firing is ongoing inside the campus and at least two explosions have been heard. There are reports of 50 people injured and one dead. The university’s vice chancellor says students are trapped on the campus. The army is on the scene. |