AceBreakingNews – Security officials said it was the latest devastating attack in recent months claimed by a Pakistani Taliban group.

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The bomb and gun attack occurred in the district of Dera Ismail Khan, on Tuesday local time, on the edge of the lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, two security officials told Reuters.

The police station was being used by the Pakistani Army as a base camp, the security officials said.

They added that several militants first rammed the truck into its boundary wall, then others attacked with guns.

The security officials feared military ammunition stored inside might have also exploded.

The army’s public relations wing did not respond to a request for comment.

Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the attack and expressed grief over the deaths, a statement from his office said.

Several people were wounded and in critical condition, said Aizaz Mehmood, an official of the state-run rescue service.

“We are still hearing gunshots,” he added.

The Pakistani Taliban group the Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) said in a statement that its militants carried out the attack aimed at the Pakistani army.

It was not immediately clear whether the group was linked to the main Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group of Islamist and sectarian militants, which has targeted the state and its agencies for years, seeking to overthrow the government and replace it with rule based on their harsh brand of Islamic law.

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