Several Pakistani Taliban detainees have managed to overpower their guards at a counterterrorism center in northwestern Pakistan, snatching police weapons and taking control of the facility, officials said on December 19. The militants at the detention center in Bannu, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and part of a former tribal region, also took police and others inside the compound hostage, according to Mohammad Ali Saif, a spokesman for the provincial government. Officials say at least 30 Taliban fighters are involved in the takeover and that there could be as many as 10 hostages being held. To read the original story from AP, click here.
Pakistani Taliban Overpowers Guards, Seizes Police Center
Pakistani police stand guard at a roadblock after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, on December 19.