An unknown variety of hostages had been killed Tuesday when Pakistan particular forces stormed a police station seized by suspected Pakistan Taliban militants on the weekend, the defence minister stated.

Greater than 30 males linked to militant teams together with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) overpowered their jailors on Sunday and snatched weapons.

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“The operation has efficiently been accomplished,” defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated at a press convention within the capital Islamabad, including some hostages had “misplaced their lives”.

He stated particular forces moved in when variations broke out between the suspected militants over the right way to deal with the hostages.

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The lads, who had been being held on suspicion of terrorism, had demanded secure passage to Afghanistan in return for releasing the hostages — a minimum of eight cops and army intelligence officers — Muhammad Ali Saif, a spokesman for the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities, stated earlier.

The TTP, separate from the Afghan Taliban however with an identical hardline Islamist ideology, stated its members had been behind the incident and demanded authorities present them secure passage to frame areas.

The police station is inside a cantonment space in Bannu, adjoining to Pakistan’s previously self-governed tribal areas and close to the border with Afghanistan.

Native colleges had been ordered shut on Tuesday out of worry of extra kidnappings, a senior authorities official within the district advised AFP.

Places of work and roads have closed and checkpoints have been arrange across the space.

Pakistan had requested the Taliban in Kabul to assist with the discharge of the hostages, the senior authorities official advised AFP.