Militants have attacked an air force base in north-west Pakistan filled with F-16 jets and other aircraft, sparking a heavy battle with security forces that left parts of the complex in flames, officials said.The insurgents infiltrated the base under the cover of darkness and began battling security forces at around 2am, according to the Pakistani air force. Others fired rocket-propelled grenades at the base from outside, damaging one aircraft.
Six militants wearing explosives and two security personnel were killed in the fighting. The head of the base, Air Commodore Muhammad Azam, was wounded. Security forces searched the area afterwards for any militants who may have escaped, the air force said.
Special forces soldiers who joined the group trying to retake the base found the body of a suicide bomber inside, said the Pakistani air force, adding that the bomber was strapped with explosives.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion will likely fall on the Pakistani Taliban whom the government is trying to rout from hideouts mostly along the border with Afghanistan. The insurgency against the government has killed tens of thousands of people, though direct raids on military bases have been uncommon.
Half a dozen Taliban militants attacked a major naval base in the southern port city of Karachi in May 2011, killing at least 10 people and destroying two US-supplied surveillance aircraft. It took Pakistani commandos 18 hours to retake the Mehran naval station and two of the attackers managed to escape. There was speculation they had inside information or assistance.
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