A pair of suicidal bomber on Tuesday hit two vehicles filled with explosives into a military base near the city of Bann in the northwest of Pakistan and killed at least 12 civilians, among them six children, among them Informed the police and rescue services. Another 30 people have suffered injuries, TASR writes based on AP and Reuters reports.
Pakistani security forces prevented the attackers from getting into the military base and killed six of them during a gunfight, a military representative told Reuters. The explosion destroyed several surrounding buildings and the roof of the nearby mosque also collapsed. The assassination occurred in the evening of local time shortly before the Lent was interrupted during the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan.
Rescuers said that most injured people are in a stabilized state. Other victims of the assassination are still looking for under the ruins of collapsed buildings. The responsibility for the attack in the province of Khajbar Paštúnchwa was applied for by the group of Jajš al-Fursan Muhammad connected to the Pakistani Taliban, writes AP. In recent years, the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Taliban Táliban, has been increasingly attacking the police and the army near the Afghan border.
Government officials condemned the incident and ordered the initiation of the investigation. “We will never allow the malicious ambitions of Pakistan’s enemies to succeed,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbas said Sharif.
