Peshawar, Pakistan – Officials said the twin blasts struck a military facility on Tuesday in Bannu, a Pakistani city of North West, while suicide bombers blew themselves to break the wall.
Police officer Zahid Khan said gray smoking plumes were uprooted in the air and there were firing after the blasts.
The army said two suicide bombers explode near the wall of a scattered military area in Bannu, mainly with security forces offices and homes.
Bannu Khyber is in Pakhtunkhwa province, where terrorist groups Pakistani Taliban Is active.
“After breaking the wall, five to six more attackers tried to enter the camp but they were removed. Work is still underway in the area, “the military said in a statement.
The blasts occurred after sunset, while people would have been fasting during Muslim The holy month of Ramazan.
A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, Jaish al-Furson claimed the responsibility of the attack, Third Terrorist attack in Pakistan since Ramzan began on Sunday.
In a statement, Jaish al-Furson told his fighters killed dozens of security personnel. The army did not provide immediate accident figures.
Armed groups have often targeted Bannu. Suicide car bomb last November 12 soldiers killed And injured many others at a security post.
In JulyA suicide bomer exploded a vehicle full of explosives, and other terrorists fired near the external wall of the military facility.
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