Suicide Bombing Dera Ismail Khan
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At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police and rescue officials said.Reported by 5 of 8 outlets; wording from Al Jazeera.
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistan Taliban or TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
The attack took place in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Local police chief Safdar Baloch said most of the injured were security personnel and passersby, with some in critical condition.
Pakistan has experienced a surge in militant attacks in recent years, many of them claimed by the TTP and the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, a separatist group mainly active in neighbouring Balochistan province.
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- 26 Sep
At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police and rescue officials said.
Coverage 13 articles
27 Sep Suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan kills at least 12
Al Jazeera
26 Sep Suicide blast targeting DI Khan checkpost claims 12 lives, injures 30
Dawn
26 Sep At least 12 dead in suicide bomb blast near police post in northwestern Pakistan
Times of India
26 Sep Pakistan: Suicide attack at police stop kills at least 11
Deutsche Welle
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26 Sep Suicide bombing at police checkpoint in Pakistan kills at least 11
South China Morning Post- 26 Sep Suicide blast targeting DI Khan police checkpost claims 12 lives, injures 30
Dawn - 26 Sep At least 12 killed in bomb blast in northwest Pakistan
The Hindu - 26 Sep Suicide bombing at police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan kills at least 11
Toronto Star 
26 Sep At least 11 dead following suicide bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan
Euronews- 26 Sep 11 killed, 30 injured in blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan
Times of India - 26 Sep At least 11 killed, several injured in blast targeting DI Khan police checkpost: Rescue 1122
Dawn - 26 Sep Blast in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills several people
Al Jazeera 
26 Sep 11 killed, 30 injured in blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan
Times of India
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