2 rockets land at Pakistani military academy
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Jan 28, IRNA -- Two rockets were fired on Pakistan’s major military academy in Abbotabad early Friday, officials said.
District Coordination Officer Imtiaz Hussain Shah said that no one was hurt in the pre-dawn fire.
He told the media that one rocket hit the eastern outer wall of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) and partially damaged it. He said the rockets landed between 3.30 a.m. and 3.45 a.m.
PMA is located near the town were Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2 by the US military.
Shah said the rockets were believed to be fired from the nearby Nawan Shar area. He said there had been no ‘damage inside the academy and everything is safe’.
Another official said that rockets were fired from the nearby hills, overlooking the academy.
Shah said that the army and police launched a combined search operation in the area and hoped that the suspects would soon be arrested. He said the District Police Officer is heading the search operation and he will soon present a report.
“It is the work of terrorists,” he said, adding that security is always on high alert in the area due to the sensitive installations there.
“We are passing through such a situation and everyone knows who have done it,” he said, when asked as to who may be behind the incident.
The incident happened hours after the Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Abbotabad, in connection with Commanding Officers' Conference.
An army statement said the Commanding Officers' Conference on Thursday was a formal event for interaction between unit commanders and senior officers.
Talking on the occasion, General Kayani appreciated the efforts of the ‘Frontier Regiment’ in fighting militancy and the commitment and valour of its officers and soldiers
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