At least 15 police officers were killed in a coordinated car bomb and armed attack on a security post in Bannu, northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border, officials said on May 10. The assault began when militants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the checkpoint before opening fire on security forces, triggering an intense gun battle and collapsing parts of the building. Several officers were also injured.
The attack took place in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a region that has seen rising militant violence in recent years. Rescue workers used heavy machinery to recover bodies from the rubble as authorities declared an emergency at local hospitals. Police said at least three officers survived and were taken for treatment.
A newly formed militant alliance known as Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan claimed responsibility for the assault, which Pakistani officials linked to armed groups operating near the Afghanistan border. Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Afghan Taliban of allowing militants to use Afghan territory to launch attacks, allegations denied by Kabul.
