ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least eight people have been killed and more than 30 wounded in twin attacks in northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, according to police.
Gunmen on motorcycles first attacked a police post in the west of the city, killing two policemen early Sunday, district police chief Saleem Riaz said. The four attackers fled the scene, as Aljazeera reported.
Later, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives when the policemen’s bodies were landed to a government hospital.
“In addition to those killed in the [firing], two policemen and four civilians were killed in the hospital explosion,” Riaz said, as quoted by Aljazeera.
At least 30 people were wounded from the force of the explosion at the District Headquarters hospital, he added.
“About seven kilograms of explosives were used,” Riaz said.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan armed group claimed responsibility in an emailed statement, saying the attack was “in revenge” for the killing of a commander by police in Dera Ismail Khan.
The statement also said the suicide-bomb attacker was a man, naming him as Abu Obaida Ghazi, in contradiction to the initial police reports that it was a female bomber, according to the report.
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