In a suicide attack on a checkpoint in the Aidak area of North Waziristan province, Pakistan, 8 people were killed, including 4 police officers and 2 security personnel, while 6 others were injured, according to the Pakistani newspaper The Nation.

The police reported that the attack targeted a checkpoint in the Aidak area, where the suicide bomber detonated a hand-drawn cart loaded with explosives, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals. Security forces added that the death toll may rise due to the critical condition of some of the injured.