Militants attack police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 officers
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Militants armed with rockets, guns, and grenades attacked a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, killing 10 officers and injuring 6 others. The attack is the deadliest this year in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. No group has claimed responsibility yet. This comes two months after a suicide bombing in the same district killed 23 troops. The attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban. The military and local police officials killed 27 insurgents in multiple operations following the December attack. The latest attack occurred ahead of parliamentary elections and follows a recent attack in Baluchistan province. Pakistan has seen a surge in militant attacks, with many occurring in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dera Ismail Khan is near South Waziristan, a former militant sanctuary where the army conducted multiple operations after a 2014 attack on an army-run school that killed over 150 people, mostly children.
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