An assault involving an explosion and gunfire at a police headquarters killed not less than 20 folks and injured dozens of others within the Pakistani metropolis of Kohat within the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan.
Pakistani officers stated the blast occurred as worshipers completed prayers at an area mosque close to the Previous Police Strains, town’s historic police headquarters, on September 18.
Naveed Ahmed, town’s deputy commissioner,toldRFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that shortly after the explosion, a conflict broke out between police and armed attackers. He added that the majority of these killed have been cops.
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Talking on situation of anonymity, a senior native police officer advised the AFP information company that 4 attackers “together with a sniper and the suicide bomber” have been killed within the incident.
In keeping with the nation’s rescue companies, greater than 45 personnel had been deployed to the scene. Ahmed stated 78 folks have been injured within the assault.
Whereas no group instantly claimed accountability, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari urged the “full elimination” of Fitna al-Khwarij, the federal government’s time period for the banned Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often known as the Pakistani Taliban, and “terrorists working with international backing.”
It “is crucial for nationwide safety,” Zardari stated, expressing remorse over the casualties and sending his “finest needs for the speedy restoration of these injured within the blast.”
The incident got here amid a rise in comparable assaults in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and Balochistan, a southwestern province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
Islamabad has blamed the assaults on armed teams originating from and linked to Afghanistan, whereas the Taliban authorities there has denied Kabul’s involvement.
The tensions have led to ongoing battle between the international locations in recent times, with quite a few clashes occurring alongside the border.
With reporting by AFP
Blast And Gunfire Kill At Least 20 At Police Headquarters In Pakistan
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