(Reuters) The Pakistani army said on Wednesday: 12 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military point in the northwest of the country. The army said in a statement that gunmen rammed a car bomb into the wall surrounding the point and caused damage to nearby infrastructure during the attack that took place yesterday, Tuesday. Yesterday, Tuesday, an official in the Pakistani Intelligence Service said: An attack occurred in the Bannu area, where “a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives near a checkpoint, then his accomplices opened fire.” The official pointed out that the bombing “caused significant damage” to the Mali Khel checkpoint as well as to military vehicles. The bombing occurred less than 24 hours after an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the northwest of the country.