Death Toll Rises to 31 in Pakistan Police HQ Bomb Attack
A local militant faction claimed responsibility as fighting continued and more than 100 people were injured, 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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According to the authorities, the attack was launched by a suicide attack on Friday afternoon in the compound of the historic police station in Kohat, a city of about 220,000 inhabitants located in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the midst of an increasing insurgency. This complex serves as a police headquarters at the district level and houses the main offices of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), the Special Branch and several othe…
The death toll from a mosque attack in northwest Pakistan has risen to 31, AFP reported, citing a police source. The injured remain in serious condition, bringing the death toll to a new high. According to information cited by AFP, the attack took place at a police compound, which also houses a mosque, in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police officers were among the dead. The attack took place on September 18, when an attacke…
At least 31 people, including 16 police officers, have been killed in a bombing and gun attack on a police headquarters in northern Pakistan, a senior police official told AFP on Saturday, as clashes continue.
"At least 31 people, including 16 police officers, have been killed and more than 100 injured so far in this attack... and the suicide attack," an officer in Pakistan said. The post Pakistan: Death toll from attack on police station rises to 31 appeared first on in.gr.
Explosion of Car Bomb in Mosque in Pakistan Has Already Left 31 Dead; Taliban Would Be Behind Attack
A vehicle carrying explosives crashed on Friday (18) against the entrance of the mosque of a police complex in Kohat, Pakistan, leading to a shooting between police officers praying at the scene and the survivors of the initial explosion. The confrontation would have left at least 16 dead, according to information from the British network Sky News. However, a survey by AFP (Agence France Presse) pointed out that this is only the number of dead a…
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