Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a security checkpoint in the Dera Ismail Khan district of northwestern Pakistan, killing and injuring several people. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said, "the Kingdom categorically rejects all forms of terrorist and extremist acts", reaffirming its support for Pakistan and its efforts to maintain its security and stability. Saudi Arabia also extended its sincere condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the Pakistani government and people. On Saturday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a roadside police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others, officials said. Local police chief Safdar Baloch said most of those killed and wounded were security personnel and passersby. Following the bombing, gunmen opened fire on an ambulance attending the scene of the attack as it was transporting casualties from the blast site, killing two rescue workers, according to Pakistan's state broadcaster. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, offered condolences to the victims’ families. Zardari described the targeting of civilians and law enforcement personnel as “highly condemnable” and called for intensified action against the Pakistani Taliban, which he accused of carrying out “heinous and brutal acts” with foreign support.
