Blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan kills 11, injures 30
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the attack as rescue crews moved the injured to hospitals and officials said several victims were security personnel.
- On Saturday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others.
- Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack, while Ittihadul Mujahideen Pakistan, led by Afghanistan-based Hafiz Gul Bahadur, also asserted involvement in the bombing and rampage.
- Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmad Faizi said 6 ambulances and more than 25 personnel launched immediate relief operations, with additional teams from Karak and Hangu arriving to assist at the Aman Mela Check Post.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned the attack, terming it a "nefarious conspiracy" by what he labeled "Fitna al-Hindustan Kharijites," while directing authorities to provide medical treatment to the injured.
- This incident follows a surge in militant attacks across the region, including last week's bombing at Kohat Police Lines that killed 23 people, with attacks frequently claimed by the TTP and the Baloch Liberation Army.
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On Saturday, 11 people were killed and 30 injured as a result of an explosion in the Dira Ismail Khan area north-west of Pakistan.
A suspected suicide attack at a police control post has shaken the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. In recent months, violence has escalated there. According to the authorities, at least eleven people have been killed in an explosion in northwestern Pakistan. More than 30 people have been injured, as a local police officer reported on Saturday. According to the first findings, this was a suicide attack directed against a police control post, sa…
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PressNewsAgencySuicide bombing at police checkpoint in Pakistan kills at least 11
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others, officials said, in a sign of increasing violence in the region bordering Afghanistan. The attack occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the provincial emergency service. Local police chief Safdar Bal…
In a suicide attack by the Pakistani Taliban on a police post, at least eleven people have been killed and about 30 injured, exacerbating tensions on the border with Afghanistan.
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