[4][5] On 1 December 2017, 3–4 burqa-clad gunmen, later claimed to be affiliated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), arrived in a rickshaw at the Directorate of Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) in Peshawar.
The police, Frontier Corps (FC), Rangers and Army reached the campus, and an exchange of fire between the attackers and the law enforcement personnel took place and 8 to 10 people were evacuated.
The area was being surveyed by military helicopters, while Peshawar's main University road (the major artery of the city) was closed for traffic.
The Agricultural Training Institute was closed indefinitely[21] and an investigation began by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).
Nine suspects were arrested from various areas of the provincial capital Peshawar after a joint search operation by police and security forces.