Bannu: Panic spread in the area after gunmen opened fire on Bannu cantonment in the early hours of Wednesday. Sources say that the bullets fired from the direction of Kot Adil near Karam River targeted the Bannu cantonment.
However, after retaliatory firing by the security forces, the armed men escaped. Sources further said that the security forces immediately retaliated with heavy firing, which continued for some time and forced the assailants to flee from the spot. He confirmed that there was no casualty in the heavy firing between the forces and the armed men.