Suicide bombing leaves 14 police dead in Pakistan
A self-proclaimed breakaway Pakistan Taliban group claimed the assault after a suicide vehicle blast and gunfire destroyed the checkpoint, officials said.
- On Saturday night, a suicide bomber and gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Fateh Khel, Bannu, killing 14 officers in a coordinated assault. Bannu police official Muhammad Sajjad Khan confirmed the outpost was reduced to rubble.
- Ittehad-Ul-Mujahideen Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, though authorities accuse the group of being a front for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan . The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies notes the militant alliance formed in 2025.
- During the assault, militants deployed quadcopters and heavy weaponry, according to administrative officials. The attackers ambushed reinforcements rushing to the scene, seizing police personnel and weapons from the station while retreating.
- Following the tragedy, authorities declared a state of emergency in local hospitals as hundreds gathered Sunday for the funerals of the slain officers. President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the "cowardly act," vowing to foil "nefarious designs of terrorist elements."
- Tensions between Islamabad and Kabul persist as Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban administration of harboring militants, a charge Kabul denies. This incident illustrates security challenges in the border region, where cross-border skirmishes have continued since February.
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Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group
Authorities say the death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility. The attack occurred late Saturday when a…
Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakis
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers early Sunday, authorities said as a self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the post in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, late on Saturday, senio…
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 15 police officers and wounding three others, local authorities said, according to foreign news agencies.
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