Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in Bannu on Monday, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said. The Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for the attack. "Three suicide bombers blew themselves up, while one was shot by police before he could blow himself up," an intelligence source said.

A spokesman for the TTP said the bombing was revenge for the killing of the nephew of former leader Baitullah Mehsud last month. Baitullah died in a US drone strike in 2009.

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