Overview

• Attackers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Ratta Kulachi Police Training School gate before storming the compound, triggering a multi-hour gun battle.
• Authorities said all assailants involved at the site were killed, with outlets reporting five to six militants dead and police recovering suicide vests, explosives, weapons and ammunition.
• More than 200 recruits and staff were evacuated from the facility, while hospital officials reported 13 injured personnel receiving treatment.
• Police reported a related overnight incident in Peshawar’s Mattani area where an attack on a police station was repelled and two militants were killed, with searches continuing for others.
• Responsibility remained unclear after the TTP was reported to have first claimed the DI Khan assault and later denied involvement, as senior officials issued condemnations and vowed intensified counterterror operations.