Suicidal responder makes 11 dead in Pakistan. There are 30 wounded

Segundo a EuropaPress, the attack occurred in the locality of Dera Ismail Khan, as confirmed by the spokesperson of the provincial emergency services, Bilal Faizi, who indicated that the injured, some of them in serious condition, were transported to a hospital in the area.

However, the France-Presse Agency (AFP) accounts for 18 injured persons, citing local officials.

Among the dead are one child, two women and eight men and search and rescue operations continue in the area.

The affected checkpoint is located near Mughal Kot, on the road linking Dera Ismail Jan to Quetta, according to information from Dawn newspaper.

The police have sent teams specialized in decommissioning explosives to the scene and to investigate and determine the causes of the explosion.

“ Around noon, a suicide bomber launched a vehicle loaded with explosives against the checkpoint, killing 11 people,” said AFP Saifullah Khan, a police officer at Dera Ismail Khan.

He specified that the security checkpoint in Darazinda was jointly managed by the police, the army and customs services.

“ To date, 11 bodies have been recovered after the attack by militants against Darazinda’s post,” said AFP the spokesman for emergency services, Bilal Faizi, adding that 18 people were injured.

On the 18th, at least 31 people, including 16 police officers, were killed in an explosion followed by an armed attack on a police headquarters in Kohat, a city of about 220 000 inhabitants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KP), Pakistan.

Pakistan attributed the increase of attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and in the southern border province of Baluchistan to an insurrection originating in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government denies any involvement.

The charges led to a deep break and an armed conflict between the two countries, and Pakistan carried out deadly air strikes, claiming to have military targets on Afghan territory.