Trending Now - Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Leaves 14 Dead, Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility
WHO:
AP News - The attack was claimed by Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a newly formed militant group consisting of splinter factions of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan).
AP News - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack.
WHAT:
ABC News - Pakistan has summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to lodge a formal protest over the suicide attack that killed 15 police officers.
ABC News - The complaint was handed to the Afghan charge d’affaires, stating that “a detailed investigation into the incident, along with evidence collected and technical intelligence” indicated that the attack was “masterminded by terrorists residing in Afghanistan.”
ABC News - Islamabad “reserves the right to respond decisively against the perpetrators of this barbaric act," according to the Foreign Ministry statement.
AP News - The death toll from the suicide attack rose to 14 police officers.
AP News - Three police officers were wounded in the attack.
AP News - Rescuers used heavy machinery to retrieve bodies from under the rubble after the building collapsed.
WHERE:
AP News - The attack occurred at a security post in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan.
WHEN:
AP News - The attack took place late on Saturday.
WHY:
AP News - The attack is part of a surge in militant violence in Pakistan, much of which is blamed on the TTP, which is an ally of the Afghan Taliban.
AP News - Zardari stated that militants find safe havens in neighboring Afghanistan and vowed to target “their facilitators and sponsors.”
HOW:
AP News - A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the security post.
(UPDATED May 11, 2026 13:50 UTC)
Pakistan has summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to formally protest a suicide attack that killed 15 police officers. The complaint, delivered to the Afghan charge d’affaires, claims that evidence and technical intelligence suggest the attack was orchestrated by terrorists based in Afghanistan. Islamabad's Foreign Ministry stated that the country "reserves the right to respond decisively against the perpetrators of this barbaric act."
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(UPDATED May 11, 2026 06:14 UTC)
A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a security post in Bannu, Pakistan, resulting in the tragic deaths of 14 police officers, with three others wounded. The newly formed militant group Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, which includes splinter factions of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the assault, while Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the violence. Rescuers worked tirelessly to recover bodies from the rubble after the building collapsed, highlighting the ongoing surge in militant violence in the region, which officials attribute to the TTP and its connections to the Afghan Taliban.