Pakistan: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks an anti-Taliban militia
The attack began Thursday with a suicide bomber detonating a car bomb outside the compound of militant commander Nabi Hanfi, followed by militants launching an assault with guns.
The attack killed at least 15 people.
Hanfi, who reportedly survived the attack, was the leader of an anti-Taliban militia he formed after breaking away from the Taliban in 2009. He had been battling the Pakistani Taliban in the Orakzai tribal area and had been supported by the Pakistani government, local sources reported.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid claimed the attack.
“Hanafi was fighting against the TTP and anyone who will fight with us will face the same fate,” Shahid told the AFP news agency.