ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Militants launched a string of bold strikes against Pakistani law enforcement Thursday, leaving at least 27 police officers and civilians dead, authorities said.
At least 11 militants died in the fighting, while others were missing.
Three nearly simultaneous assaults were carried out mid-morning in the eastern city of Lahore, said police spokesman Rai Nazar Hayat.
Militants stormed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency, along with two police training centers. The attackers gained entrance to each facility, setting set off explosives and taking hostages in some cases. At least 16 police died in the Lahore attacks.
In northwestern Pakistan, a suicide car bomber hit a police station in the Kohat district, killing at least 11 people — eight civilians and three police, said Kohat Police Chief Dilawr Bangish. A dozen people were injured in the attack.
The offices of several senior police and government officials are next to the police station that was targeted. Several military installations also are nearby.
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At least 41 people were killed and 45 wounded in a blast Monday at a security forces checkpoint in northwest Pakistan. The explosion occurred in the Shangla district in the volatile Swat Valley.
On Saturday, militants attacked the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, killing 11 military personnel and three civilians, according to the Pakistani military. Nine militants died in the attack. A total of 39 hostages were freed Sunday morning after being held by five militants at the army headquarters.
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