Policemen and rescuers at the site of suicide attack in Sukkur. PHOTO: AFP
The dead include five attackers, and four police and intelligence officials, a spokesman for the paramilitary Rangers told AFP after the attack late Wednesday in the normally sleepy town.
Officials had previously put the death toll at seven, saying Wednesday that the five attackers, one intelligence agent and another government official had been killed.
"We rounded up several people on Wednesday night after the attack and are interrogating them," the Rangers official said.
An intelligence official told AFP that the attack had destroyed the local branch of the ISI and damaged newly-constructed residential quarters for police officers.
It was the worst attack in Pakistan during Ramazan so far.
Officials blamed militants for Wednesday's attack, confirming that they do have a presence in the Sukkur area.
Police said the attackers stormed the complex as people were eating after sundown, detonating two bombs outside the police building and the ISI office.
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as long as we select incompetent person on the basis of quota system.....we will never progress
Where are the negotiators and Taliban apologists now? Enjoying the weather in the UK palace.
Shut up don't blame muslims for this because muslims are innocent and innocent muslim kills in India but in pakistan we can't kill innocent muslims. This is order order.
@ET moderator pls publish this for consensus.
@Waseem: Noooooooooooo wayyyyy We can't because they are our muslims brother, so our religion is first then country. for example we cried due to Salman khan (indian muslim) for his punishment same way we should protest if any muslim get any punishment for any attack.
Horrific. ISI should know about these things. every ISI building is a target
May ALLAH have Mercy on us.Ameen
Are we just going wait until they kill us all. Two years ago I saw a an attack in orangi just horrific. I wish e very Pakistani had seen the results of this attack. We fighting on many fronts. We cannot just sit back.
The quicker we realise this the better, that there is NO other solution then going after these people Whole heartedly and Decisively. There is NO point in talking to these killers , they will never surrender, they will never listen... PTI and Molvis have created this false illusion that eliminating these elements is not in our interest. While we debate they spread their tentacles ......
these are planned series of attacks on Pakistan. Attackers must be trialed as soon as possible and hanged in public. delay is execution is crime against Pakistan and people of Pakistan.