PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Dozens of militants attacked an oil and gas plant on Tuesday in Pakistan’s remote northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, killing four security troops and two private guards, officials said.
Oil production was temporarily suspended following the attack on the oil and gas extraction facility run by a multinational European company, MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas, in Hangu, a restive district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The company said the attackers never reached the facility itself but fought with the troops and guards outside.
“Production from the wells has been temporarily shut down by remote access and the wells are now secured,” the company said in a statement….