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Two Suicide Bombers Attacked Pakistan's Millitary Base
Two suicidebombersbrokea wall at anorthwestern Pakistanmilitary basebefore other assailants overran the compound and weredrivenbackinfightingthat killed at least 12andinjured30, saysofficials at hospital.
Afactionlinkedtothe Pakistani Talibantookresponsibility for the attack in Bannu, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, andclaimedthat dozens ofPakistani securityforcememberswere killed. Thearmydidnotofficiallyconfirm anyfatalities, buttheBannu District Hospitalstatedthat at least a dozenbodieswerefound.
The two suicide bombersdetonatedthemselvesclosetothe wall of thelargemilitarycomplex, a security officialtoldReuterson condition of anonymity, because hewasnotallowedto speak withthe media.
“After a breach in the wall, five to six more attackers attempted to enter the cantonment, but were eliminated,” the security official said.
The attack happened after sunset, when people would have been breaking their fast during the Muslimholy month of Ramadan.
Jaish Al-Fursan claimed responsibility for the attack,the thirdmilitant assault in Pakistan since Ramadan started Sunday. In a statement, the group said the source of the blasts were explosive-laden vehicles.
Plumes of gray smoke rose into the air and gunshots continued after the two explosions, police officer Zahid Khan said. Four of those killed were children, hospital officials said. The victims lived close to the scene of the blasts.
“The roofs and walls collapsed and that’s why we are receiving casualties,” he said.
Hospital director Dr. Ahmed Faraz Khan said: “So far we have received 42 victims, 12 dead and 30 injured. A few of them are critical, but most are stable. All doctors, particularly surgeons and paramedical staff, have been called for duty as a medical emergency has been imposed.”
The blasts caused the roof of a nearby mosque to collapse while a number of worshippers were inside, rescue workers and provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif said.
Rescue workers trying to free people from underneath the rubble said that they had retrieved the body of the mosque’s imam.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack and expressed his grief over the loss of life. The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, ordered an inquiry.
Militants have targeted Bannu several times. Last November, a suicide car bombkilled 12 troopsand wounded several others at a security post.
In July, a suicide bomberdetonated his explosives-laden vehicleand other militants opened fire near the outer wall of the military facility.