59 killed as gunmen attack police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta

Barriers are raised to allow a police truck into the Police Training Center after an attack on the center in Quetta, Pakistan

ASIA: At least 59 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta and took hostages, government officials said on Tuesday.

More than 200 police trainees were stationed at the facility when the attack occurred late on Monday, officials said. Some cadets were taken hostage during the attack, which lasted five hours. Most of the dead were police cadets.