Death Toll Rises to 31 in Pakistan Police HQ Bomb Attack
A local militant faction claimed responsibility as fighting continued and more than 100 people were injured, officials said.
- On Friday, attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex in Kohat, Pakistan, detonating an explosives-laden car and opening fire, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 100.
- Pakistan has increasingly blamed militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on elements operating from Afghanistan, though the Taliban government denies involvement in the violence.
- Gunmen stormed the facility as officers and their families prayed in a mosque, while several militants remain holed up in the Special Branch section with ongoing fire exchanges.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, directing that "best medical assistance be provided to the injured," while President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "regret" over the casualties.
- Ittehad-Ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a Pakistani Taliban faction, claimed responsibility for the assault, underscoring the ongoing threat from militant groups operating in the region.
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"At least 31 people, including 16 police officers, have been killed and more than 100 injured so far in this attack... and the suicide attack," an officer in Pakistan said. The post Pakistan: Death toll from attack on police station rises to 31 appeared first on in.gr.
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A vehicle carrying explosives crashed on Friday (18) against the entrance of the mosque of a police complex in Kohat, Pakistan, leading to a shooting between police officers praying at the scene and the survivors of the initial explosion. The confrontation would have left at least 16 dead, according to information from the British network Sky News. However, a survey by AFP (Agence France Presse) pointed out that this is only the number of dead a…
The death toll of the victims of the bombing and armed attack yesterday Friday at the historic police station in Kohat, northern Pakistan, rose to 31, including 16 police officers.
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AlKhaleej TodayAt least 31 dead as militants attack Pakistan police HQ in Kohat; fighting ongoing
KOHAT, Sept 19 — The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police...
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