### [2026-05-9](/feed/2026/05/9/index.md)

##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
# At least 15 police officers are killed and three others are injured in a car bomb, followed by gunfire and other explosions, at a checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 




### Sources:

1. [ANI via ''The Tribune](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/pakistan-15-policemen-killed-3-injured-in-suicide-attack-on-bannu-checkpoint/)

### Changes:

1. At least 12 police officers are killed and five others are injured after militants detonated a car bomb and attacked a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  _2026-05-10 11:34:16 (First version)_
2. Twenty-one police officers are killed and three others are injured in a car bomb, followed by gunfire and other explosions, at a checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  _2026-05-10 15:34:18 (Update)_
3. Fourteen police officers are killed and three others are injured in a car bomb, followed by gunfire and other explosions, at a checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  _2026-05-10 17:34:20 (Update)_
3. At least 15 police officers are killed and three others are injured in a car bomb, followed by gunfire and other explosions, at a checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  _(Current version)_

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