Beijing, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A military facility in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan was hit by a suicide attack in the early morning of Dec. 12. More than 20 people died in the attack, according to **. An armed group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban claimed the attack.
Reuters, citing two Pakistani security guards, reported that the attack was on a police station in the Dera Ismail Khan area on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. This police station was used by the military as a barracks. At least 24 members of the security forces were killed and many others injured as a result of the attack.
At least 23 people died in the attack, a local **, who asked not to be identified, told AFP, but could not be sure whether all of the dead were military personnel.
The Associated Press, citing information provided by **, reported that an attacker drove a car at the main entrance of the police station and detonated the device on the car**, causing part of the building to collapse. At least six people were killed and 25 injured in the attack. A number of armed men then exchanged fire with the security forces.
After the incident, the Pakistani Taliban-affiliated militant group, the Pakistani Jihadist Movement, claimed to have carried out the attack. Since the beginning of the year, the group has claimed to have carried out several attacks against Palestinian security personnel, including an attack on an air base in the eastern province of Punjab on November 4. (Jiang Guopeng).