PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Two suicide bombers attacked a sprawling compound housing a police station and authorities workplaces in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing no less than 4 cops and wounding 11 different individuals, police and rescue officers mentioned.
The assault occurred within the Bara neighborhood bordering Afghanistan, provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat mentioned. Rescuers mentioned a part of the compound collapsed after the bombing, burying a police officer whose physique was later retrieved.
The explosive vest worn by one of many suicide bombers detonated when police opened hearth after coming below assault, Hayat mentioned.
A complete of 4 officers have been killed and eleven others have been wounded, hospital officers mentioned.
Gunshots have been heard after the bombing, mentioned Bilal Faizi, a spokesperson for the provincial emergency service, and an change of gunfire adopted. The wounded individuals included cops and civilians, officers mentioned.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the assault. In an announcement, he praised the cops, saying they “thwarted the evil intentions of the terrorists by stopping the suspects and risking their lives.”
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban, claimed duty for the assault in an announcement.
The assault got here hours after the Pakistani Taliban fatally shot two cops and wounded two others in an in a single day gun assault at a roadside checkpoint within the metropolis of Peshawar.
The gun assault occurred in Regi Mannequin City, space police chief Arshad Khan mentioned. A search was launched for the attackers, who fled within the darkness, he mentioned.
The Pakistani Taliban additionally claimed duty for the assault in Peshawar.
The 2 assaults got here two days after a suicide automobile bomber focused a truck carrying safety forces in Peshawar, wounding six troopers and two civilians.
The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group however an ally of the Afghan Taliban. They’ve change into emboldened because the Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO troops have been within the ultimate phases of their pullout from the nation after 20 years of conflict.
The Pakistani Taliban have been demanding stricter enforcement of Islamic legal guidelines in Pakistan, the discharge of their members from authorities custody and a diminished army presence in Pakistan’s former tribal areas. Pakistan’s army final week warned the Afghan Taliban of an “efficient response” by authorities forces in the event that they fail to cease harboring militants who plot cross-border assaults from Afghanistan.
The military chief, Gen. Asim Munir, issued a stern warning final Friday after two militant assaults killed 12 Pakistani troopers within the nation’s southwestern Baluchistan province, which additionally borders Afghanistan.
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Related Press author Munir Ahmed contributed to this story from Islamabad.