Death toll in Khyber district suicide attack rises to four

20-07-2023

Flavia Gkioka

Team Pakistan Researcher

Global Human Rights Defence

This news article is about the death toll from the suicide attack in the Bara Bazar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber district. Two people instantly died but the number rose to four deaths after two more wounded cops succumbed to their injuries. A terrorist blew himself up when the police intercepted him and his accomplice while entering the tehsil compound. KP Inspector General Akhtar Hayat confirmed that the attack was led by two terrorists who entered the compound from the main and rear gates. It needs to be illustrated that both terrorists were killed in the attack. Rescue and search operation was underway while the bomb disposal squad and CTD teams were present at the crime scene. Initially, the police said that smoke was seen rising from the site of the explosion. They said that heavy firing was also reported after the explosion. The KP police suffered another attack last night when two cops were martyred, and two others were injured in a firing incident in the Regi area of Peshawar.

Police said that unidentified armed men opened fire on the cops at the entry checkpoint near Regi Model Town Police Station and fled. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks following the Afghan Taliban’s return to power in August 2021.

Sources and further reading: Death toll in Khyber district suicide attack rises to four (geo.tv)