Five policemen martyred in multiple terror attacks in KP

PESHAWAR: Multiple terrorist attacks in Peshawar, Bannu, Dir, Khyber, and Kurram districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have claimed the lives of five police personnel, including an Additional SHO, while several others were injured, according to officials.

In Dir’s Panah Kot area, gunmen ambushed a police mobile late at night. The Quick Response Force personnel were on routine patrol when unidentified assailants opened fire. Three policemen were martyred and six sustained injuries in the attack.

In the outskirts of Peshawar, terrorists targeted two police check posts and a police station. According to CCPO Qasim, attacks were carried out on Matani Adezai police post, Nasir Bagh Sakhi Pul post, and Hassan Khel police station. The assaults on Matani and Nasir Bagh were repelled, but in the Hassan Khel attack, one policeman was martyred and another injured.

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In Khyber district’s Landi Kotal, an explosive device planted along the wall of the DSP’s sub-office went off, causing partial damage but no casualties. Another explosion near a house in Gungi Kallay damaged a guest room.

Meanwhile, in Parachinar, Additional SHO Qaiser Hussain of Wazir Station was martyred when suspects opened fire during a raid to arrest Tehrain Toori, wanted in connection with the Kurram riots.

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In Bannu, armed militants of Fitna al-Khawarij attacked the Mazanga police post in Hovid police station limits. The police responded swiftly, forcing the assailants to retreat.

Security has been tightened across the affected districts, and search operations are underway to track down the attackers.

KP CM vows support for martyrs’ families

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks targeting police in different districts of the province.

Expressing deep sympathy with the families of the martyrs, the chief minister prayed for the elevation of their ranks in the hereafter. He said targeting personnel tasked with protecting the lives and property of the public was a cowardly act.

“We salute the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country and the nation, as well as their families,” Gandapur said, adding that the sacrifices of KP Police would be written in golden words in history.

The chief minister pledged that the families of the martyrs would not be left alone and assured them of full support from the provincial government.