At least nine soldiers died in a suicide attack in Pakistan. Another five were injured, the military announced in a statement today.
Thus, a person on a motorcycle approached a military convoy in a small town near the Waziristan region, in the northwest of the country, and blew himself up. It is the deadliest attack on soldiers so far this year.
No confession yet
So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the crime. Since late last year, there have been an increasing number of attacks by militant groups such as the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), particularly in the border region with Afghanistan.
According to a statistical report by the independent think tank Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), there has been a 79% increase in militant attacks in Pakistan in the first six months of this year.