uly 30, 2013 -- Updated 1352 GMT (2152 HKT)
Peshawar, Pakistan (CNN) -- Taliban gunmen wearing
police uniforms attacked the largest jail in a northern Pakistani
province early Tuesday, allowing about 200 inmates to escape,
authorities said.
Taliban gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked a central jail in
northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday, allowing about 175 inmates to
escape, authorities said. FULL STORY
July 30, 2013 -- Updated 1552 GMT (2352 HKT)
Policemen stand outside the Central Prison after an overnight Pakistan Taliban militant attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 30.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: About 200 inmates escape, 35 of them high-profile militants, an official says
- NEW: Bombs have been defused and weapons were recovered
- The Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for the attack
- Official says four police officials and five militants were killed in the attack
Around 35 of the escaped
prisoners are high-profile militants, said Pervaiz Khattak, the chief
minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province where the attack took
place.
During the fighting that
followed the assault at the prison in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, four
police officials and five militants were killed, said Shoukat
Yousafzai, the provincial information minister.
There were 483 prisoners
at the time of the attack, and a total of 200 have gone missing,
according to Mushtaq Jadoon, the Dera Ismail Khan police commissioner.
The gunmen cut off the
prison's power supply, then launched the attack from all sides, said
Malik Qasim Khan, an adviser to the chief minister on prisons. Multiple
explosions were reportedly heard.
Jadoon said that the
attackers announced the names of the people they wanted to free after
they entered the jail and whisked the people away.
The Pakistan Taliban
claimed responsibility for the attack. Locals said they heard chants of
Allah O Akbar, "God is great" and long live the Taliban soon after the
explosion and firing.
Taliban spokesman
Shahidaullah Shahid said the group freed around 300 prisoners, a claim
that Pakistani army officials denied. Shahid described the operation as a
success.
Inayatullah Tiger,, a
bomb disposal squad official, told CNN that forces have defused
350-kilogram bombs planted in various parts of the jail. Suicide
jackets, other bombs and explosives-laden chemical drums have also been
defused and weapons have been recovered, he said.
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