Death toll from attack at police HQ in Kohat rises to 31
KOHAT: The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in Kohat rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police official told AFP on Saturday, with fighting ongoing. Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat, a town of around 220,000 people in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, on Friday afternoon. The police compound serves as…
A suicide bombing and gun attack at a police headquarters in Kohat, Pakistan, on Friday claimed at least 31 lives, including 16 police personnel, according to a senior police official. Fighting continues as militants remain inside the compound, located in the town of Kohat, which has a population of approximately 220,000. The attack on the Old Police Lines complex targeted key offices of the Counter Terrorism Department, Special Branch, and several other police units.
More than 100 people, mostly police personnel, have been injured, with several in critical condition. Military personnel are guarding the scene, and ambulances line the street near the damaged police complex. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari have condemned the attack, with Zardari calling for the complete elimination of terrorists operating with foreign support.
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