Taliban gunmen attack Pakistan police station, four dead
A policeman uses a knife to remove an explosive vest from the body of a would-be bomber at a police station in Bannu, northwest Pakistan July 16, 2012. Four gunmen were killed, including two after detonating suicide vests, during a militant raid on a police station in the northwest Pakistan town of Bannu on Monday, police said. – Reuters picDERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 16 – Four gunmen were killed, including two after detonating suicide vests, during a militant raid on a police station in the northwest Pakistan town of Bannu today, police said.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan militant group have claimed responsibility for the attack.
A fifth attacker was arrested by police following the assault, which began at around 9.45am and lasted for around three hours, police said.
The assault is the latest in a string of attacks by militants on buildings and locations used by security forces in the country. – Reuters
