6 killed and 25 injured in a suicide attack in a police station in Pakistan
A suicide attack in a police station in northwest Pakistan has left six dead and 25 injured. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, the explosion of a suicide car bomb in the city of “Dira Ismail Khan” in the northwest of Pakistan has left six dead and 25 wounded.
According to the AFP news agency, the explosion occurred at the main entrance of the city police center and destroyed part of the building.
“Kamal Khan” from the police officials The state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said that after the explosion, some armed people started shooting at the police center and during the conflict that lasted for hours; Three of the attackers were killed.
The city of “Dira Ismail Khan” in the province of “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” is located near the Afghan border and was considered the center of activity of the Pakistani Taliban.
After this incident, the “Pakistan Jihad Movement” group, which recently announced its existence and seems to be a branch of the Pakistani Taliban, took responsibility for this attack.
The state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, centered in the city of Peshawar, has witnessed such bloody attacks many times before; In January, at least 101 people were killed in a suicide attack in a mosque in the city of Peshawar. 9 people including 2 army personnel were killed in North Pakistan. Following this incident, this bus collided with a moving truck and caught fire. According to Pakistani officials, at least 5 militants were involved in this terrorist attack.
These attacks occur while the Pakistani army raided a hideout of terrorists near the border with Afghanistan in recent weeks. 8 terrorists were killed in this operation. Usually, the terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, affiliated to the Afghan Taliban, carries out military operations against the government of Pakistan.
Pakistan Taliban is one of the terrorist groups in this country. The intensified attacks by the Pakistani Taliban and other terrorist groups this year have killed hundreds of people, most of whom are security forces. “We are concerned because groups like the Pakistani Taliban are living in Afghanistan. The training camps are in their territory and it is a concern for us”.
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