At least 16 people were killed in north-western Pakistan on Friday when a suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into a police site as people were praying at a mosque inside.
The Interior Ministry said in a post on X that there had been a blast near a police site in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Five police personnel were among those killed.
The ministry expressed its grief over the loss of life, but did not say how many were killed.
The vehicle was rammed into an outer wall of the facility before gunmen opened fire, provincial police chief Zulfikar Hameed said. He described the incident as a suicide attack.
The blast occurred close to a mosque where the police personnel, their family members and other civilians were offering Friday prayers, police said in a statement.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Local media has reported that an operation is under way to look for survivors, while the death toll may rise.
