Suicide car bomb kills Pakistan police officer, wounds others

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims duty for explosion close to police headquarters in Islamabad.

Rescue staff and law enforcement officials collect on the website of the suicide automotive bombing in Islamabad [Waseem Khan/Reuters]

A suicide automotive bombing at a checkpoint in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, has killed at the least one police officer and wounded a number of different individuals, in keeping with officers.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed duty for Friday’s assault in a textual content message despatched to a Reuters information company reporter.

The bombing befell close to the police headquarters on a principal street that results in authorities buildings housing the nation’s parliament and excessive places of work. No less than 4 law enforcement officials and two civilians had been wounded within the blast, in keeping with studies.

Islamabad has largely been spared most of these assaults lately [Farooq Naeem/AFP]

The automotive that was used within the assault was full of explosives and headed for a high-value goal in Islamabad, the inside ministry mentioned in an announcement, with out giving every other particulars.

“Our preliminary info says that there was a person and a lady within the automotive,” Sohail Zafar, Islamabad operations police chief, informed reporters. The automotive didn't cease on the checkpoint when police tried to halt it, he mentioned.

“As they chased it, the individuals contained in the automotive blew it up. It was a suicide blast,” added Zafar.

Inside Minister Rana Sanaullah informed Geo Information TV that had “the automotive reached its goal, it might have triggered heavy losses”.

The capital was on excessive alert as a consequence of threats of such an assault, and an enormous tragedy was averted with well timed intervention, the minister mentioned.

The TTP has been combating Pakistan’s authorities since 2007 and has carried out dozens of assaults geared toward civilians and safety forces throughout the nation.

Final month, it introduced an finish to a ceasefire agreed with the federal government in June.

Friday’s bombing got here two days after a Pakistani army operation killed dozens of TTP fighters after a standoff at a counterterrorism facility in Bannu, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.