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Security forces report killing 11 militants in two Dera Ismail Khan operations

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 14 28 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 5 Oct 12:53 UTC · Security forces report killing 11 militants in two Dera Ismail Khan operations

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 5 Oct, 12:53 UTC

    Security forces report killing 11 militants in two Dera Ismail Khan operations

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Taliban Pakistan · 3 outlets
  • 35 others injured · 2 outlets
  • Aman Mela · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 12 terrorists killed · from 11 Oct 01:45, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • terrorists killed: 20 (1 from 4 Oct 08:48) → 3 (1 from 5 Oct 10:30) → 10 (1 from 10 Oct 13:24) → 21 (1 from 10 Oct 13:24) → 12 (2 from 11 Oct 01:45)
  • terrorists separate: 10 (1 from 4 Oct 08:48) → 11 (1 from 6 Oct 00:14) → 18 (1 from 7 Oct 09:57)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.