An assistant commissioner of North Waziristan and two police officers were martyred in a terrorist attack on Miran Shah Road in Bannu, while two more policemen were martyred and five others injured in a suicide bombing and gun attack in Lakki Marwat.
Police said that firing took place on the Assistant Commissioner of North Waziristan’s vehicle on Miran Shah Road in Bannu, resulting in the death of AC Shah Wali, two policemen and injuries to three police officers. The attackers also snatched weapons from the injured officers, Samma News reported on Tuesday.
The attackers set the vehicle on fire. Upon receiving the information, police forces were dispatched to the site immediately.
Meanwhile, two more policemen were martyred and five others injured in a suicide bombing and gun attack in Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts on Monday.
In Lakki Marwat, Head Constable Illauddin was killed when a suicide bomber targeted a vehicle of Tajori police station near Kattu Adda in Bakhmal Ahmadzai. Five other policemen, including ASI Haq Nawaz, Constable Yar Muhammad, and Elite Force constables Kamal Ahmad and Naeemullah, sustained injuries. Police had set up a checkpoint after receiving reports of a suspicious motorcyclist, who opened fire before detonating explosives.
Separately, Constable Tariq Khan was killed in a gun attack near Surangi Adda in Bannu while en route to duty.
