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At slightest 15 information officials were killed and respective were injured successful a termination onslaught and ambush astatine a constabulary station successful Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the constabulary said.
The incidental took spot connected Saturday (May 10, 2026) successful the northwest territory of Bannu wherever an explosive-laden conveyance approaching a constabulary station was fired astatine by information personnel, starring to a blast, the constabulary said.
The interaction of the detonation led to the illness of the roofs of respective houses successful the vicinity. The constabulary station gathering was besides razed to the ground, and respective information unit were buried nether the rubble.
After the explosion, the constabulary said, a ample radical of militants launched an onslaught connected the constabulary post, triggering dense speech of fire.
A spokesperson of Bannu constabulary told PTI that 15 information officials were killed successful the onslaught and respective were injured.
There is nary clarity yet connected the fig of militants killed successful the incidental oregon whether immoderate of them were held.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi condemned the “terrorist attack” and expressed sorrow implicit the nonaccomplishment of lives. His bureau said helium has directed the authorities to guarantee the champion imaginable aesculapian attraction for the injured.
He termed the onslaught connected the constabulary station arsenic “highly tragic and a cowardly act,” adding that specified attacks could not undermine the morale of the constabulary and the public.
In a akin incidental past week, Pakistani information forces gunned down a suspected militant who was approaching a cheque station successful an explosive-laden conveyance successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan region.
The conveyance deed a adjacent building, causing an detonation that injured 7 persons, but nary casualties were reported.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has faced recurring unrest implicit the years driven by militant violence, cross-border question of fighters from Afghanistan and repeated subject operations. Its mountainous terrain and porous frontier adhd to the challenges for information forces.
No peculiar radical has claimed work for the caller incident. But, successful the past, the Pakistan authorities has accused the banned panic outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan of carrying retired unit successful the region, particularly aft a ceasefire woody betwixt the 2 ended successful 2022.
