Death toll at Pakistan police station rises to 12

In the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12 people were killed and 35 were injured after a suicide bomber sent an explosive tractor with a trailer to the Aman Mela police post, Dawn reported.

Among the dead were nine men, two women and a minor. There were no law enforcement officers or security forces among them. County police chief Ziauddin Ahmed confirmed the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber.

The explosion destroyed a large part of the post and a nearby house. Shooting was also heard in the area after the attack.

Later, unknown persons fired on the rescue service car Rescue 1122, which was carrying the bodies of the victims from the scene of the explosion. Two rescuers were killed, another was seriously injured.

State-run Radio Pakistan linked the attack to Fitna al-Khawarij, a name the country’s authorities call the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) movement banned in Pakistan.

The Aman Mela post is located next to Darazinda and Mugal Kot on the Dera Ismail Khan-Quetta highway, near the border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. Police are using it to ensure security and check transport along this route, Dawn writes.

Earlier it was known about 11 dead and 30 wounded. The Associated Press then reported that a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives at a police checkpoint. Reuters also wrote that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for the attack.