10 dead and 29 wounded in two terrorist attacks in Pakistan | Chronic

At least 10 people were killed and 29 were wounded by a checkpoint shooting and suicide bombing in a hospital in the Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, a coordinated attack and claimed by the main Taliban group in the country. country.

A suicide bomber detonated a shipment of explosives in a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan town, where the bodies of two police officers who died shortly before at a checkpoint after being shot.

"On Saturday, at about 7:50 local time, two unidentified armed men on a bicycle opened fire at the Kotla Saida Dam in Dera Ismail Khan, where they killed two policemen," reported a spokesman for the district police, Saleem Riaz.

An hour later, after an ambulance brought the bodies to the district central hospital, "A suicide bomber blew himself up right in front of the building" at a time when relatives of the victims and the police began to meet.

According to the official spokesman, eight people were killed in the blast, including two policemen and 29 wounded, including seven policemen.

"Preliminary investigations indicate that about 7 kg of explosives were used"said Riaz. The researchers also found hair and some of the members of the suicide, which probably belong to a woman. They hope to confirm this version with a DNA test.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan's main Taliban group, claimed responsibility for the attack. "Sunday morning, commandos of the special unit of the TTP-STF attacked two policemen at a checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, according to the plan, a suicide bomber Abu Ubaida was waiting at the hospital", detailed in a TTP survey Muhammed Khurasani.

According to the version of TTP, "When the ambulance carrying the bodies with the police arrived at the hospital, (the kamikaze) fulfilled his promise made to God and sacrificed his life by blowing up a suicide jacket", describes the spokesman who also badured that the attacker was a man.