Car bomb attack and ambush in northwest Pakistan kill at least 21 police

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> Police official Zahid Khan told The Associated Press news agency that a suicide bomber and several fighters detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a security post. Shortly after, multiple explosions were heard, and the security post collapsed from the impact of the blast, he said.

> “Other law enforcement personnel were sent to help the police, but the terrorists ambushed them and caused some casualties,” a police official told Reuters

> Police sources said the attackers also used drones in the attack.

> An alliance of armed groups known as the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, late on Saturday.

> The Pakistan Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and allied fighter groups have carried out similar attacks in the past. The Pakistan Taliban is a separate group but is ideologically aligned with the Taliban in Afghanistan, which seized power in the country in 2021.

> Three wounded people remain hospitalised.