5 dead, including 4 militants, after attack in Christian neighborhood in Pakistan

A Pakistani police officer. — (Image credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)

At least one security guard was killed early Friday after four would-be suicide bombers attacked a Christian neighborhood in northwestern Pakistan, an army spokesman said.

The neighborhood is near Warsak Dam, 12 miles northwest of Peshawar. The Pakistani military's information wing released a statement saying the attackers wore suicide vests and were carrying firearms. They were killed while exchanging fire with security guards, the military said, and at least two civilian security guards, a policeman, and two soldiers were wounded. An official told Reuters it's possible the attackers might have been trying to get into a nearby security installation.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.