Seven Pakistani police officers were killed in a targeted bomb blast on their armoured vehicle yesterday, police in the northwestern Tank district said, as Islamabad contends with a rising wave of militancy.
In a statement, the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
Tank deputy police chief Pervez Shah said five police personnel were killed on the spot after the remote-controlled bomb went off, while two others had died in hospital.
Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where Tank is located, has battled a resurgence of militant violence carried out primarily by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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