3 Pakistani Police Officers Killed In Militant Attack

At least three Pakistani police officers and three insurgents were killed on October 14 when militants stormed a police headquarters in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in the country’s northwest, a security source told RFE/RL. Fighting between police and the assailants, including suicide bombers, were ongoing in the compound in Bannu district, while roads around the complex were closed to traffic, the source said. The Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, click here.