Police officer dies in Islamabad suicide bombing; TTP claims responsibility

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Updated At : 12:59 PM Dec 24, 2022 IST

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New Delhi, December 23

A police officer and two suspected militants, including a woman, were killed in a suicide attack today in Islamabad’s upscale residential area, just 15 km away from the army headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Though a low-grade attack as compared to previous terrorist attacks in Islamabad, the plan was to attack a “high-value target,” said Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which claimed responsibility for the attack.

About 18 kg of explosives were used in the blast.

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