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Pakistan checkpoint bombing kills at least 11 security personnel
Police told Al Jazeera that 30 others were wounded in the suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The TTP claimed responsibility.
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At least 11 security personnel were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan district, north-western Pakistan, police told Al Jazeera.
The attack took place on Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistan Taliban or TTP, claimed responsibility in a statement.
The casualty figures and the group’s claim are reported by Al Jazeera; the available report does not independently verify either.
