Pakistan is investigating a suicide attack on a police training center in the country’s southwest. The attackers killed over 60 new police recruits and wounded more than 120 others. The attack happened near the city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. It began late Monday night. Three attackers entered the housing for recruits and began shooting at them. On Tuesday, the Islamic State group released photographs through its Amaq news agency. The pictures showed what it said were the three attackers. They were carrying machine guns and had explosives on their bodies. Witnesses said the attackers seized hostages before Pakistani troops and other forces entered the building to fight the gunmen. The fighting lasted several hours. Two of the attackers died when they set off their explosives. The third was shot in an exchange of gunfire with security forces. The attack ended just before sunrise on Tuesday.
