Pakistan attacks: police casualties and ongoing investigations

At least two police officers have been killed and three more people injured in a fresh attack by rioters on a police station, occurring this Friday. The incident unfolds amid a week marked by heightened violence, including an assault claimed by the Taliban-linked group in neighboring Pakistan. In the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security forces faced a rapid and chaotic assault on a district police headquarters, with at least one assailant setting himself on fire during the clash. A district police official described the scene, noting that the attackers arrived in the early hours and clashed with the responding officers. He added that the overall casualty figures among the rioters remain unclear as operations continue to identify all those involved. The police statement emphasized that the force responded decisively, repelling the attack and sustaining losses in the process. Search efforts for suspects, whether dead or alive, are ongoing as investigators piece together the sequence of events and the identities of those responsible for the violence.