The terrorists entered the hostel of the police training center located on Sariab Road and opened indiscriminate fire on cadets and police personnel, leaving at least 12 of them injured.
Area residents claim hearing two blasts from within the center.
Inter Services Public Relations later confirmed that five to six attackers have entered the police training center while army and FC personnel have reached the spot to counter the threat. An operation has been started.
A FC personnel was also reported injured, taking the number of injured victims to 13. The injured were moved to Civil Hospital for medical treatment.
Provincial health department imposed emergency in all the hospitals across the city and cancelled leaves of doctors.
Balochistan Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, while talking to media, claimed that the training center housing police cadets had adequate security and an alert was issued about presence of terrorists within the city three, four days ago.
He maintained that a security operation is underway , five people are injured while no loss of life has been reported.
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ARY News correspondent Shahid Rind claimed that the firing has stopped inside the training center but security sources are still inside to make sure no cadets or policemen have been taken hostage by the terrorists.
A rescue operation is about to start.