Blast in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills several people

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistan Taliban or TTP) claims responsibility for the attack.

(Al Jazeera)

At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police and rescue officials said.

At least seven security personnel were among the dead and 20 others were wounded in the attack on Saturday in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police told Al Jazeera.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistan Taliban or TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.

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