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Seven Pakistani police officers killed in targeted bomb attack

12 January 2026 20:44 (UTC +04:00)

Seven Pakistani police officers were killed in a targeted bomb blast on their armoured vehicle on Monday, police in the northwestern Tank district said, as Islamabad contends with a rising wave of militancy, APA reports citing Reuters.

Images of the attack showed the mangled wreckage of the vehicle overturned on the roadside.

In a statement, the Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.

Tank deputy police chief Pervez Shah said five police personnel were killed on the spot after the remote-controlled bomb went off, while two others had died in hospital.

"The brave policemen sacrificed their today for the peaceful future of the nation," Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said in a statement.