Coordinated Attack: Numerous Dead in Pakistan Car Bomb Attack
A car bomb attack has hit a police headquarters in northwest Pakistan. The blast also damaged a mosque. Several attackers are believed to have been involved.
At least 20 people, mostly policemen, have been killed in a coordinated attack on a police headquarters in Kohat, Pakistan. Seven attackers were also killed in the assault, which involved a vehicle loaded with explosives ramming a gate and detonating, followed by armed assailants storming the compound. Over 70 people were injured in the attack, which damaged a mosque on the premises and prompted widespread panic.
The incident has not been claimed by any group, but both the Islamic State and Pakistani Taliban are active in the region.
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