The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, or Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the bombing. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 11 people. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, or Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the bombing. The group, founded in late 2007, is allied with the Afghan Taliban.S1

• The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 11 people.S2

• A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others.S3