Islamic State Wilayah Khurasan claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani broadcaster today

A video editor, Umar Hayat, was wounded in the attack, and windows at the front of the building were damaged when two men on motorcycles threw a grenade at the offices, Ammad Yousaf, senior vice president of the privately owned station, told CPJ.

The militant group Islamic State Wilayah Khurasan, which claims allegiance to Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the attack in pamphlets thrown outside the office, according to reports. Copies of the pamphlets, written in English and Urdu and shared with CPJ, warned the broadcaster about its coverage of the Pakistani military offensive against militants in the North Waziristan tribal region, and accused it of covering up “destruction and massacres” allegedly by the army. Police said they are investigating. Attacks of this nature in the capital, Islamabad, are less common compared to many other Pakistani cities, CPJ research shows.