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A suicide bombing at a military site in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, killed 13 civilians and 5 soldiers. The attack occurred during Ramadan, with no immediate claim of responsibility.
By Saud Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -Suicide bombers driving vehicles filled with explosives slammed into a security installation in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 13 civilians, including six children, and five soldiers, police, rescue services and the military said.
The blast brought down the roof of a nearby mosque soon after residents had broken their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a market teeming with shoppers, a military official said on condition of anonymity.
"The assailants sought to breach the cantonment’s security; however, their nefarious designs were swiftly and decisively foiled by the vigilant and resolute response of Pakistan’s security forces," Pakistan's media agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
The military said five soldiers were killed. Four suicide bombers were among 16 militants also killed in the attack, it added.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Recent years have seen growing attacks by the Pakistani Taliban known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Islamist militant group on police and military in areas near the Afghan border.
The military said 13 civilians died in the attack.
At least 30 people were wounded, said Muhammad Nauman, a spokesperson for a nearby hospital, all of them civilians caught under collapsed buildings and walls.
The number of children killed was revised down to six on Wednesday from seven in a hospital list the previous day, Nauman added.
Rescue services said they were searching for more casualties under the debris of collapsed buildings. Video images from the scene showed people sifting through piles of bricks and clearing metal scaffolding.
"The evil ambitions of the enemies of Pakistan will never be allowed to succeed," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement condemning the attack.
(Reporting by Saud Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Mushtaq Ali in Peshawar; writing by Charlotte Greenfield and Saad Sayeed; Editing by Sandra Maler, Clarence Fernandez and Kim Coghill)
At least 13 civilians and five soldiers were killed in the attack.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is suspected, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The bombing occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, shortly after residents had broken their fast.
The military reported that the attackers' plans were foiled by the swift and decisive response of security forces.
At least 30 people were wounded, all civilians, many of whom were trapped under collapsed buildings.
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