May 25, 2013 | 02:05 AM (BD Time)

25 May, 2013 Saturday

Breaking News:

Gunmen attack at army camp in Gujrat kills 7

. AFP, Islamabad
Gunmen opened fire on an army camp near Islamabad on Monday, killing seven security personnel and wounding five others, the military said.
The encampment was attacked from a bridge over the river Chenab, close to the industrial city of Wazirabad, less than 150 kilometres southeast of the capital.
Just hours before the attack, the Defence Council of Pakistan crossed the bridge on a "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad to protest against the reopening of Nato supply routes to Afghanistan.
"At least seven security personnel including a police official embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and five others were injured due to firing by unknown assailants near Wazirabad," the military said in a statement.
A rescue party had camped by the Chenab to look for the body of a pilot missing in a helicopter crash in May, the statement said, and the camp came under attack from a bridge.
"The exact number of attackers is not known but they came by motorbike and sprayed bullets on the troops from the bridge," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.