Pakistan news: Militants attack police HQ, checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 5 officials killed

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PTI. In the attack, four militants were also killed. The first attack occurred at the Police Lines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district, where three policemen were killed and three others injured, while four militants were also killed. Authorities said a terrorist blew himself up at the main entrance of the police office and residence block and the others stormed in.

The attack was claimed by a new militant group, Ansarul Jihad, the report added. ALSO READ: Pakistan: Financial strain hits PIA, 7,000 employees not paid November salaries Militants also attacked the joint police and security forces check post in Nalla Bara tehsil in the Khyber tribal district, where two troops of the Frontier Constabulary were killed. At the same time, six people were also injured in the attack.

Three days back, at least 23 soldiers were killed and more than 30 others injured after militants belonging to the Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), a newly formed militant group that is an affiliate of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), stormed a compound used by the military in Dera Ismail Khan. On 4 November, the TJP militants attacked the Pakistan Air Force's Mianwali Training Air Base, some 300 km from Lahore, damaging three grounded aircraft. The TJP terror outfit has been behind some major attacks in Pakistan and repeatedly attacked the security and military installations in Pakistan.