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A car bombing astatine a constabulary station in northwestern Pakistan followed by an ambush connected police unit rushing to the country to supply backup has killed astatine slightest 12 officers, constabulary said connected Sunday (May 10, 2026).
Images aft the onslaught connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) showed the structure had been reduced to rubble, with bricks, charred wreckage, and mangled vehicles scattered astir the area.
Police authoritative Sajjad Khan said successful a statement that the bodies of 12 officers had been recovered from the collapsed outpost and 3 unit were recovered live and rushed to hospital.
A constabulary authoritative who asked not to beryllium identified said militants first rammed into the station with an explosive-filled car and past entered the premises and began firing connected immoderate remaining officers.
“Other instrumentality enforcement unit were sent to assistance the police, but the terrorists ambushed them and caused immoderate casualties,” helium said.
Police sources said the militants besides utilized drones successful the attack.
Ambulances from rescue agencies and civilian hospitals rushed to the scene, with officials saying a authorities of exigency had been declared successful authorities hospitals successful Bannu.
A militant confederation known arsenic the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen claimed work for the attack.
Militant attacks person the imaginable to reignite warring on Pakistan’s borderline with Afghanistan. The worst warring successful years erupted betwixt the allies-turned-foes successful February, with Pakistani airstrikes wrong Afghanistan that Islamabad said targeted militant strongholds.
Fighting has since eased, with occasional skirmishes breaking retired on the border, but nary authoritative ceasefire has been brokered.
Islamabad blames Kabul for harbouring militants who use Afghan ungraded to crippled attacks successful Pakistan.
The Taliban has denied the allegations and said militancy successful Pakistan is an interior problem.
