Four policemen and two private security guards were killed in an attack by dozens of gunmen on a Hungarian-owned gas and oil extraction facility in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on May 23. The attack on the MOL company plant in the Hangu district near the Afghan border was not claimed by any group, but local officials said it bore the hallmark of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Asif Bahadur, the chief of the Hangu police, told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that the attackers had attempted to kidnap MOL employees, but were eventually repelled after an hours-long gunfight. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.
