Bombing kills at least 12 in northwest Pakistan

At least 12 people have been killed after a bombing attack at a security instillation in Pakistan’s northwestern border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police and a hospital official said, reports Aljazeera.

Two attackers rammed two explosive-laden vehicles into the wall of the compound in Bannu and other attackers stormed the site before being repelled, a security official who requested anonymity told The Associated Press news agency.

Muhammad Noman, a spokesman for Bannu District Hospital, said 12 people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack, adding they were all civilians who had been caught under collapsed buildings and walls.

At least seven children were among those killed, a hospital list showed.

A group affiliated with the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said that dozens of members of Pakistani security forces were killed. There was no immediate comment from the military regarding any casualties.

A police official speaking on condition of anonymity told the news agency AFP that six attackers were killed in an “exchange of fire” after the attack._Agencies.