Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack as Pakistani Taliban breakaway group claims responsibility
Summary
A suicide attack on a police post in northwest Pakistan killed 14 officers, including those who died when the building collapsed. A breakaway group from the Pakistani Taliban, called Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, said it carried out the attack. Security forces are searching for the attackers as Pakistan faces ongoing militant violence linked to Taliban-related groups.Key Facts
- The attack occurred in Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghanistan border.
- A suicide bomber and gunmen used an explosives-filled vehicle to target a police post.
- 14 police officers died; some were killed in fighting and others when the building fell down.
- Three police officers were wounded in the attack.
- The militant group Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan claimed responsibility and is said to be linked to the Pakistani Taliban.
- Pakistan blames militant violence on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is allied with the Afghan Taliban government.
- Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban-led government of sheltering the TTP, a claim Afghanistan denies.
- Pakistani leaders condemned the attack and promised to go after the attackers and their supporters.
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