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| Pakistan militants attack Quetta police college | Pakistan militants attack Quetta police college |
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| A major security operation is under way after armed militants attacked a police training college in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, officials say. | |
| A number of people, including police recruits, were injured after the attackers entered the building and began firing, media reports say. | A number of people, including police recruits, were injured after the attackers entered the building and began firing, media reports say. |
| The officials believe at least five militants stormed the college. | The officials believe at least five militants stormed the college. |
| Pakistani troops - backed by Frontier Corps - are taking part in the security operation. | Pakistani troops - backed by Frontier Corps - are taking part in the security operation. |
| The attackers are believed to have entered the college through the front gate late on Monday before storming the college's hostel. | |
| Hundreds of police recruits are believed to be in the building. | |
| Gunfire and explosions could be heard later on, local media reports say. | |
| "Our security forces have the capability to combat such attacks and threats," Balochistan's Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti was quoted as saying by Pakistan's Dawn newspaper. | |
| No group has so far claimed responsibility for Monday's attack. | |
| In August, 88 people were killed in separate bomb attacks targeting a hospital and lawyers in Quetta. | |
| The Pakistani military has been conducting military operations against militants in volatile tribal areas near the Afghan border. |