Mobile phone images from 26 September 2026 show crowds gathering as smoke billowed from the blast site in Dera Ismail Khan, northwest Pakistan. At least 11 people were killed after a bomb struck a police check post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to police and rescue sources.
The police check post targeted in Dera Ismail Khan was located adjacent to a peace gathering attended by a large number of local residents, according to police sources cited by Xinhua. The explosion struck at approximately 2:20 pm local time (0920 GMT) on 26 September 2026.
On the ground images show bystanders converging on the Dera Ismail Khan blast site shortly after the explosion on 26 September 2026. Police and rescue sources confirmed at least 11 fatalities from the attack on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa check post.
The blast struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — Pakistan's restive northwestern province — on a Saturday afternoon, killing at least 11 people at a police check post in Dera Ismail Khan district, according to police and rescue sources cited by Xinhua.
Police and rescue teams responded to the scene in Dera Ismail Khan following the blast at approximately 2:20 pm local time on 26 September 2026. The death toll stood at at least 11, with the full scale of casualties still being assessed, sources told Xinhua.