31 dead in Pakistan after suicide bomber, gunmen attack police complex
At least 31 people have died following a suicide car bombing and subsequent gun attack at a police headquarters in Kohat, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when an attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the Old Police Lines complex.
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari expressed 'his best wishes for the swift recovery of those injured in the explosion.'
The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31.
Provincial police chief Zulfikar Hameed confirmed that the bombing had been a suicide attack.
At least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan.
Hospital officials confirmed that five police officers and 10 civilians were among the dead.
One of the assailants has reportedly been killed.
Several people were killed in the explosion.
The attack involved an attacker ramming an explosives-laden car into the Old Police Lines complex.
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