Twenty-three Pakistani army soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban area, where a group of terrorists targeted a security forces’ checkpost, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media affairs wing, said that six terrorists launched an attack in the early hours of 12 December.
The security forces effectively thwarted the attempt by the terrorists to enter the post, prompting the assailants to resort to a devastating tactic, they rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the checkpost, followed by a suicide bombing attack, resulting in the loss of lives and a severe impact on the security situation in the region, as reported by Dawn.
“The resulting blasts led to the collapse of the building, causing multiple causalities; 23 brave soldiers embraced shahadat, while all six terrorists were effectively engaged and sent to hell,” the ISPR said. It added that sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists present in the area.