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| Car bomb attack on checkpoint said to kill at least 12 police in northwest Pakistan | |
| 2026-05-10 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 12 and wounding five, officials say. “Last night in the Fateh Khel area of Bannu, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint, after which multiple militants entered the post,” Bannu police official Muhammad Sajjad Khan tells AFP, adding 12 officers are confirmed dead with one more missing.
No group immediately claims responsibility. However, suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, and allied militant groups that have carried out similar attacks in the past. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence in recent years. The TTP is a separate group but allied to the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021. Related: Fateh Khel: 2025-08-31 Cop martyred, three terrorists killed in Kohat attack Fateh Khel: 2014-07-16 Gunfights with militants kill 5 Pakistani soldiers Related: Bannu: 2026-05-08 Pakistani armed group Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen ambushing an armoured police vehicle in the Bannu District Bannu: 2026-04-24 Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) carried out an attack on Pakistani Army post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bannu: 2026-04-14 Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP) carried out mortar attacks against Pakistani Army positions in Tirah Valley Related: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: 2026-02-23 Clashes between terrorist groups spill from Kurram into Orakzai Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: 2026-02-19 TTTP commander warns fighters of likely military retaliation after Bajaur attack Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: 2026-02-13 Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants assassinate a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) inspector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
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