(Adnkronos) – “The death toll is now nine, including three children and two women. At least 20 other people were injured in both explosions,” A senior police official said on condition of anonymity, referring to the suicide car bomb attacks by a pro-Taliban group against a military complex in northwestern Pakistan.
The attack took place in Bannu, a district in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, adjacent to the once self-governing tribal areas. “The explosions created two craters of about one meter and two hundred centimeters, due to their intensity, at least eight houses in the area were damaged”, A police officer said.
“In addition to the two suicide bombers, six others were killed in a firefight,” he added. An intelligence official also reported that 12 militants attempted to storm the complex after the attacks, claimed by the armed group Hafiz Gul Bahadur, which has actively supported the Afghan Taliban in their war against the US-led NATO coalition since 2001.
