Death toll at 31 in Pakistan police compound attack, AFP reports
Security forces killed the attackers after a suicide car bombing and gun battle at the police complex, officials said.
- On Friday, attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex in Kohat, Pakistan, detonating an explosives-laden car and opening fire, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 100.
- Pakistan has increasingly blamed militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on elements operating from Afghanistan, though the Taliban government denies involvement in the violence.
- Gunmen stormed the facility as officers and their families prayed in a mosque, while several militants remain holed up in the Special Branch section with ongoing fire exchanges.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, directing that "best medical assistance be provided to the injured," while President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "regret" over the casualties.
- Ittehad-Ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a Pakistani Taliban faction, claimed responsibility for the assault, underscoring the ongoing threat from militant groups operating in the region.
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An attack by armed militants on a Pakistani police headquarters in a northern city has left 31 dead and hundreds injured, with the situation remaining unresolved.
Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest – WTOP News
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces on Saturday ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The confrontation began Friday after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a mosque, and gunmen stormed the facility, killing 21 people and wounding 103 others. The coordinated attack...
The number of deaths in an attack on a police station in Pakistan has increased to more than 30.
Pakistan’s bishops condemn attack on police compound, pray for peace
Pakistani security forces ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in the northwestern part of the country on Saturday. The standoff began Friday after a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the complex in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the country’s border with Afghanistan. Gunmen followed the vehicle, killing 21 people and wounding 103 others. The compound houses offices of the Counter T…
Pakistan police compound attack death toll rises to 31
The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police official said yesterday.Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat on Friday afternoon.The police compound serves as a distri
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