Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed at least 14 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, officials said. The latest attacks targeted a checkpoint and a police station, according to a military statement and a security official, as reported by AP. In Bajaur district, militants rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a wall near a checkpoint, killing 11 security personnel and a girl, the military said on Tuesday.
The explosion caused “severe destruction” to nearby residential buildings, “leading to the martyrdom of one innocent young girl” and injuring seven others, the military statement said, as quoted by AFP.A security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the vehicle hit the wall of a religious college.In another attack in the town of Bannu, a bomb planted in a rickshaw exploded at the Miryan police station, killing two civilians and wounding 17 others, the official said.Elsewhere in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three police personnel and three militants were killed during a search operation in Shangla district. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police force said in a statement on Monday that the three slain militants had been involved in “attacks targeting Chinese nationals.”Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan in recent years, but Chinese-funded projects have sparked resentment, and their citizens have frequently come under attack.
