Taliban terrorist assault in Pakistan kills 4 policemen, injures 6

Pakistan police spokesperson stated the assault was launched within the early hours of Thursday, leading to an alternate of fireside between the police and the terrorists.

Peshawar,UPDATED: Mar 30, 2023 15:10 IST

Taliban terrorists opened fireplace at car with safety forces in Pakistan. (AFP/Representative Image)

By Press Trust of India: Taliban terrorists opened fireplace at a car ferrying safety forces in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing not less than 4 policemen, together with an officer, and wounding six others. The terrorists attacked the police cellular van within the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The car was on its option to the Saddar police station when it got here beneath assault, police stated.

Four policemen, together with a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), have been killed and 6 others have been injured within the assault, they stated, including that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Lakki Marwat police spokesperson stated the assault was launched within the early hours of Thursday, leading to an alternate of fireside between the police and the terrorists.

During the gunfight, six policemen have been injured, he stated. A police assertion stated that the militants have been outfitted with superior and heavy weaponry, the Dawn newspaper reported.

“The police were on alert and the attackers had to flee when the police returned fire,” it stated. The terrorists fled whereas making the most of the darkness, it added. The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the assault in a press release, the report stated.

Condemning the incident, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that the sacrifices of cops within the struggle in opposition to terrorism have been unforgettable and prayed for the speedy restoration of the injured individuals.

“Police are performing magnificent duties in opposition to the terrorist as the primary line of defence. Elimination of terrorism is a should for Pakistan’s survival and improvement,” Shehbaz stated in a press release.

The newest assault comes as terrorism-related incidents are surging in Pakistan. Over the previous few months, the regulation and order state of affairs within the nation — particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has worsened — with terrorist teams conducting assaults with close to impunity throughout the nation.

Since the talks with the Taliban group broke down in November, the TTP has intensified its assaults, significantly focusing on the police. In January, a strong suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar Police Lines killed 84 individuals and injured many others.

According to statistics launched by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think-tank, January 2023 remained one of many deadliest months since July 2018, as 134 individuals misplaced their lives — a 139 per cent spike — and 254 acquired accidents in not less than 44 militant assaults throughout the nation, the report stated.

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Mar 30, 2023