Car bomb targets police station in Dera Ismail Khan — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): A car bomb attack targeted a police station in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, local media reported. Geo News, quoting police, said an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated at the entrance of the Band Korai police station, followed by gunfire. The explosion damaged the station’s gate and walls, as well as a nearby mosque, while windows of surrounding houses were also shattered, the report said. Police said security forces returned fire, preventing the attackers from entering the station’s compound. Police and security forces have launched a search operation in the area to arrest the attackers, the report added. No casualties had been reported at the time of publication, and no group had claimed responsibility for the attack.