Ten police officers, 18 fighters killed in northwest Pakistan attack
Verified: 18 outlets in 8 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 3 of them from Pakistan. 18 killed, according to 6 outlets.
Officers were returning from a mine in Kohat district when fighters opened fire on them, authorities say.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 4 figures, newest first
- 186 outlets: arynews.tv, dawn.com +4· latest Nov 12, 6:50 AM UTC10 Police, 18 Militants Killed in Pakistan's Northwest ↗
- at least 104 outlets: japantoday.com, orissapost.com +2· latest Nov 11, 9:39 PM UTCMilitants ambush police in Pakistan, sparking gun battle that kills 10 officers and 18 militants ↗
- 111 outlet: organiser.org· latest Nov 11, 8:50 PM UTCPakistan: DSP, SI among 11 policemen killed in Kohat area ↗
3 outlets from Pakistan, where the story is: ARY News, Dawn, The Nation · how we count
- Nov 11, 11:40 AM UTCFirst reportMilitants ambush police vehicles in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 officerswinnipegfreepress.com ↗
- Nov 11, 12:10 PM UTC+31 minAt least 10 policemen, including DSP, martyred in terrorist attack on Kohat police teamtribune.com.pk ↗
- Nov 11, 2:12 PM UTC+3 hTerrorist attack kills 10 police personnel in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwaorissapost.com ↗
- Nov 12, 6:50 AM UTC+19 h10 Police, 18 Militants Killed in Pakistan's Northwestenglish.aawsat.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:01 AM UTC+19 hTerror Attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Claims 11 Policemen Livesudaipurkiran.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:54 AM UTC+20 hPM reiterates resolve to eliminate terrorism as 10 policemen martyred in Kohat terror attacknation.com.pk ↗
- Nov 12, 9:10 AM UTC+22 h· you’re reading thisTen police officers, 18 fighters killed in northwest Pakistan attackaljazeera.com ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 3 cover the same Pakistan police attack, but Report 4 gives eight officers killed and a convoy heading to a gold mining operation, which conflicts with Report 1's ten officers returning
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14m agoTen police officers, 18 fighters killed in northwest Pakistan attack Officers were returning from a mine in Kohat district when fighters opened fire on them, authorities say.
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