20 freed militants reach Waziristan: TTP claims

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Farooq Mehsud
D.I. KHAN: As many as twenty militants freed from the D.I. Khan Central Jail in late Monday night offensive by the militants have reached North Waziristan Agency, sources of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed on Tuesday.
According to TTP sources around 50 of their men attacked the D.I. Khan jail and 18 commandos were prepared for this special operation the planning of which took six months.
According to TTP it was supposed to be an action lasting 20 minutes and the attackers were directed to return to the tribal areas with in one hour of the operation.
Taliban sources also claimed that 15 cars and 10 motorcycles were used and total cost on the operation was around 10 million rupees.
The attackers had also used night goggles during the attack, the TTP sources said. Adnan Rasheed was leading the offensive.
Meanwhile, prisoners escaped. About 39 of these are hard core criminals, including six on death row and five female inmates, The TTP militants also have taken along, a lady constable, Ghullab Bibi, who was performing duty in the women barrack inside the prison at the time of the attack, the district police and intelligence officials confirmed to The Frontier Post.
On Monday Night at 11 Pm, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan attacked the DI Khan Central Prison with rocket launchers, hand grenades, and heavy weapons.
The dozens attackers travelled by different types vehicles towards the prison. According to police, armed men attacked the prison with a series of heavy explosions before firing rocket propelling grenades and machine guns
Armed men Attacked from four sides of the jail but the town hall side attack was successful and the attackers killed three police personals on the spot present in vehicle and then targeted the electric supply transformer and then broke the main gate of the prison. The attackers at least fired a total 65 rocket launchers and hand grenades.
In the ambush 12 people, including five policemen , were killed while 13 others injured. The killed police personals were identified as Mazhar Hussain Qurishi, Saifullah, Rustham, Mir Zaman, Sardar Paio The civilians were identified as Juma Malang ,Sajid Khan and Aslam ( death sentence prisoner), Akthar Abbas ( life imprisonment), and Naseem, Aslam Chaudary and one unidentified person was also killed.
The police say that the four civilians killed were prisoners belonged to Shia Sect. they were killed by militants after identification.
The attacker had fixed flags on their vehicles, on which the words "Allah Akbar" were written. The militants also were raising slogan Allah Akbar when attacking the Central Prison DI khan.
The attackers left behind motor cycles, IEDS, suicide jackets, rocket launchers and others weapons and vehicles after completing their mission. Several bombs were defused after the militants were gone.
The whole DI khan city was under panic due to the gun battle between the security forces and Taliban. Curfew was imposed and people were instructed to remain inside their homes by the Deputy Commissioner DI Khan, Amir Khattak.
Six Taliban were killed on Daraban Police post in exchange of fire with security forces when they were fleeing along with prisoners, a police official
TTP Sources in North Waziristan conformed The Frontier Post that the armed men along with their prisoners colleagues gone through DI Khan-Bannu Road and safely reached to North Waziristan in vehicles.
Due to curfew the local residents are in troubles in moving about for work and other chores. . The security forces search operation continued on the Tuesday against militants in DI Khan and till filling this report the Curfew was still imposed for last 17 hours and all linking roads to DI Khan were blocked for traffic.
There are about more then 250 prisoners inside the prison, belonging to different banned organizations. Total prisoners are about five thousands.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesperson , Shahid Ullah Shahid took accepted the responsibility of his organisation for the of the attack, adding that more then 150 person carried out the Attack and in which 7 suicide bombers. and 300 hundreds prisoners were freed. It was a successful attack, the spokesperson said.
It is to be mentioned that this not the first time, militants have attempted to free their captive associates in Pakistan. Nearly 400 prisoners including militants had been freed on April 15, 2012 from Bannu Jail after an attack by armed men with guns, grenades and rockets.
CM KP directs action against officials involved in negligence in DI Khan Jail attack: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak expressing concern over militants attack on DI Khan Central Jail, has directed for an inquiry.
Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, Pervez Khattak said that immediate investigations into DI Khan attack should be made and those found guilty of negligence towards their duty should be brought to book.
He said that officials responsible for security briefed him that all arrangements regarding further beefing up security have been made and attack was matter of grave concern. Pervez Khattak said that he would himself visit the DI Khan Central Jail to observe the situation.
He also directed to increase the security of all jails across the province.