Vehicle Bombing at Pakistan Checkpoint Kills at Least 11

An explosives-laden vehicle struck a security checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on September 26, killing at least 11 people and injuring about 30, according to police and emergency-service accounts. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility, but that claim has not been independently verified in the available accounts. The blast hit a checkpoint in the Darazinda area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Regional police chief Khan Mubashir Malik said a suicide bomber drove a tractor-trolley carrying explosives into the post. Reports described the site as a police checkpoint, with some accounts identifying it as a joint police and customs post. Casualty figures varied as officials issued updates. Rescue 1122 reported 13 deaths and 30 injuries, while other official accounts put the death toll between 11 and 13 and the number injured at roughly 30 to 35. The reports did not establish a final count or clarify when each figure was recorded. Some officials said women and children were among those killed. Accounts also differed on casualties among rescue workers.