A suicide bombing by an armed group in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghanistan border killed 12 police officers.
According to Reuters and others on the 10th (local time), a suicide bombing occurred the previous afternoon on the outskirts of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan.
The attacker drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a police checkpoint, and then members of the armed group stormed inside the post and opened fire on the officers.
Pakistan police said 12 officers were killed and five were injured in successive explosions and a gunfight. Several checkpoints and nearby dwellings were also damaged.
Muhammat Sajad Khan, a Bannu police official, said that "one police officer is missing." Pakistan authorities declared a state of emergency at Bannu General Hospital after the attack.
According to local police, members of the armed group also used small drones in the attack and fled after seizing police weapons.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the incident occurred, borders Afghanistan and is home to extremist groups such as the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). As a result, it is considered one of the areas in Pakistan where attacks occur most frequently.