DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters): Militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a checkpost in Daraban area near here, killing several people, two security officials said, the latest devastating attack in recent months claimed by a Pakistani Taliban group.
The ISPR said that security forces killed 27 terrorists in separate operations in the area. Later, on Dec 11 and 12 night, six terrorists attacked a security post in which 23 Jawans embraced martyrdom. The six terrorists were killed by the security forces.
Sources told Reuters news agency that several militants first rammed a truck into the boundary wall of a police station and then others attacked it with guns. They feared ammunition stored inside might have also exploded.
Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the attack and expressed grief over the deaths, a statement from his office said. Several people were wounded and in critical condition, said Aizaz Mehmood, an official of the state-run rescue service. “We are still hearing gunshots,” he added.
In a statement, a Pakistani Taliban group, the Tahreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), which has emerged recently, said its militants carried out the attack aimed at the Pakistani army.
It was not immediately clear whether the group was linked to the main Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group of Islamist and sectarian militants, which has targeted the state and its agencies for years, seeking to overthrow the government and replace it with rule based on their harsh brand of Islamic law.
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