At least 21 people, including 15 police officials, were martyred on Friday when an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque in Kohat Police Lines, followed by terrorists storming the compound and attacking police facilities, according to senior police and district health officials. More than 80 people were injured, with three in critical condition.
Footage aired on television showed citizens gathered next to a building with a collapsed wall, digging through rubble and helping the injured. The bomb attack caused severe damage to the mosque structure.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed told Dawn that a vehicle-borne suicide bomber initially struck the building’s gate, following which several attackers headed towards the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) building, where they were neutralised. Around three others tried to move towards the Special Branch building.
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Source: Dawn News
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