Civilian, 8 Pakistani security personnel killed in suicide attack, 35 others wounded

A suicide attack on a security institution killed a civilian and at least eight Pakistani security personnel in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police confirmed to Anadolu on Friday.

Thirty-five other security personnel were wounded in the attack, police said about the incident, which occurred Thursday night when an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to enter a scouts camp in Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan.

The gate and surrounding walls of the scouts camp were damaged.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.