Pakistan: 24 Killed, Several Injured As Suicide Bomber Attacks Police Station
Date
12/12/2023 4:01:00 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "At least four security personnel died while 24 were injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a Police station's main gate in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Some militants also opened fire and a shootout between them and security forces was still ongoing. Pakistani Taliban group has claimed responsibility for the attack terrorists rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the building of the police station, which was followed by a mortar attack militants also opened fire and a shootout between them and security forces was still ongoing, police officer Kamal Khan said as quoted by Associated Press read: Article 370 verdict: India has no right to go against Pakistan's will, says Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas JilaniDuring the shootout, the police also gunned down two terrorists during the gunfight, according ARY News channel, as reported by PTI officer Kamal Khan said that the attack took place in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in the Afghan border region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The province is a former stronghold of the militant Pakistani Taliban group, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, as reported by AP Read: Pakistan: Karachi witnessed severe shortage of life-saving drugs like insulin, says reportMeanwhile, this is not the first time the province has witnessed violence. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has witnessed a rise in violence with several deadly attacks. Earlier in January 2023, at least 101 people were killed when a suicide bomber targeted a mosque in Peshawar Read: 'Pakistan would have taken Poonch, Rajouri if...': Farooq Abdullah corrects Amit Shah on 'Jawaharlal Nehru, PoK' remarkNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, who have stepped up attacks on security forces since 2022. Authorities say the insurgents have become emboldened while living openly in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of that country in 2021 TTP, though a separate group, is closely allied with the Afghan Taliban Ismail Khan is located near South Waziristan, a former sanctuary for militants. Pakistan's army carried out multiple operations against militants there after some attacked an army-run school, killing more than 150 people, mostly school children, in 2014.
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