Early last night, the Dera Ismail Khan Police Training Facility was attacked by 7 terrorists affiliated with Ittihadul Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP), a coalition with Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group.
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF)
- Total Length of Siege – 6 hours
- Terrorists Killed – 6 Police Officers Martyred – 7
- Police Officers Injured – 13
- Police Inside – 200
- Ittihadul Mujahideen Pakistan [IMP], a coalition with Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group, has claimed to have carried out the attack
- attackers with body cams were live streaming the attack
- Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) first claimed the attack, but later denied its involvement.
- The attackers pictured themselves inside the building
Details of the Attack
- drove an explosives-laden truck into the school’s main gate, causing part of the wall to collapse and resulting in the death of one police officer on duty
- heavily armed attackers attempted to storm the police training facility
- attackers wearing mixed uniforms entered the premises and began indiscriminate firing
- Intense firing between police and militants continued for several hours, during which the attackers repeatedly used grenades
- Authorities recovered suicide vests, explosives, and ammunition.
Misinformation
Accounts affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban also shared several screenshots of some YouTubers, Journalists and X accounts who were wrongly attributing 50 deaths in the attack.
