In a new Pakistani Taliban tactic, a husband and wife suicide squad, disguised in burkas, entered a police station and killed 12 officers and a tea boy.
Smoke rises from the siege of a Pakistani police station during an attack by Taliban militants in Kolachi area near the border with South Waziristan tribal district on June 25, 2011. Twelve policemen were killed on June 25 when Taliban militants clad in burqas laid siege to a police station in northwest Pakistan, officials said. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A husband and wife team dressed in burkas has carried out a suicide attack on a police station in northwestern Pakistan, the Taliban say.
The pair entered a police compound late Saturday in Kolachi, near the tribal region of South Waziristan on the Afghan border, pretending they had a complaint to make, the BBC reports.
The husband-and-wife suicide squad wore burkas that hid assault rifles, hand grenades and suicide vests underneath. They held staff hostage for several hours before detonating themselves, killing 12 policemen and a tea boy. The couple shot dead five of the policemen, while seven more died of their wounds overnight.
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The pair entered a police compound late Saturday in Kolachi, near the tribal region of South Waziristan on the Afghan border, pretending they had a complaint to make, the BBC reports.
The husband-and-wife suicide squad wore burkas that hid assault rifles, hand grenades and suicide vests underneath. They held staff hostage for several hours before detonating themselves, killing 12 policemen and a tea boy. The couple shot dead five of the policemen, while seven more died of their wounds overnight.
Read the rest of this article on: GlobalPost
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