Attack kills 5 in northwest Pakistan's Mansehra

Attack kills 5 in northwest Pakistan's Mansehra



Five people have been killed Wednesday as militants attacked an NGO office in northwest Pakistan's Mansehra district, local sources.

Exchange of fire is still underway between the police and the militants after a bomb blast exploded in the NGO building in Ogai town of Mansehra.

Militants threw explosives to the office of the U.S.-based NGO World Vision and then opened fire. The building was razed to ground due to the blast.
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ISLAMABAD — Gunmen attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said.Police say two women were among the dead in the attack in Mansehra district.


The attackers hurled grenades during the attack on World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian group, in Mansehra district.

The dead were all Pakistanis, said police official Mohammad Sabir.

The militanats who are strong in northwestern Pakistan, will be suspected in the attack.

They have killed other people working for aid groups in Pakistan and issued statements saying such organizations were working against Islam.

Many foreign aid groups have been working in Mansehra district, helping rebuild it after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.