Nine rockets were fired: DCO Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD: Assailants fired nine rockets here on Friday; three of them hit the outer wall of Pakistan Military Academy, DCO Abottabad Imtiaz Hussain Shah said.

No one was hurt in the pre-dawn attack but three rockets damaged the outer wall of the academy.

"Nine rockets were fired. Three rockets hit the boundary wall of the military academy and damaged it. No one was hurt in the attack," the DCO said.

"We have launched a search operation," Shah added. The six other rockets landed in open fields near the outer wall, he said.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.