Police repulse attack on Dera Ismail Khan police station
Attackers rammed an explosives-laden pickup into the Bandkorai station's main entrance, damaging the boundary wall and mosque, but all policemen at the post remained safe.
Attackers using heavy weapons rammed an explosives-laden pickup vehicle into the main entrance of Bandkorai Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan district late at night, damaging the boundary wall and the mosque, the district police spokesman said.
The Associated Press of Pakistan, reporting from Dera Ismail Khan on 12 November, said alert police personnel answered the assault and stopped the attackers from reaching the station building. All policemen at the post remained safe. No casualty figure was given and no group has said it carried out the attack.
Two Indian outlets, Deccan Herald and Daily Excelsior, carried the same headline describing the incident as a suicide attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan. Neither published detail beyond that headline.
Regional Police Officer Dera Ghulam Mubashir Maken visited Bandkorai after the attack to review the security situation and inspect the damage. District Police Officer Ziauddin Ahmad, the SP of the Counter Terrorism Department and SP Paharpur Iqbal Khan Baloch went with him.
The RPO was briefed on how the attack unfolded and examined the damaged parts of the building and the mosque. He gave cash prizes to the policemen who defended the post, saying they had shown professionalism and determination under difficult conditions and were a valuable asset to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
Maken said attacks of this kind would not lower the force's morale and that the police remained committed to eliminating militancy and protecting the lives and property of residents. He thanked local residents who came to the station and stood with the police during the assault, saying public support and close police-community relations were essential to defeating militant groups.
He said the police would keep up their operations against militancy with full determination and professional capability, and that no compromise would be made on public safety and the maintenance of law and order.
The police spokesman said the timely response prevented the attackers from achieving their objectives.
How the reports differ
The Associated Press of Pakistan reported the assault in detail, saying attackers used heavy weapons and drove an explosives-laden pickup into the station entrance, and that police repulsed them with no losses; it led on the regional police officer's visit and the cash awards he gave. Deccan Herald and Daily Excelsior carried only a headline, which described the incident as a suicide attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan and named neither the district, the station nor any officer. Neither Indian outlet's headline said police had killed or arrested the attackers, and none of the three reports named a group.
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