The injured were immediately transferred to a nearby hospital, where they received medical treatment.
A police mobile vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) while on patrol. PHOTO: EXPRESS
DERA ISMAIL KHAN:
At least five policemen were injured when a police mobile vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) while on patrol in the Shahbazkhel police station area of Lakki Marwat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Tuesday.
According to District Police Officer (DPO) Nazir Khan, “the police vehicle was targeted by a motorcycle-borne IED, injuring five policemen, including assistant sub-inspector Jamaluddin, constable Arif and driver Mir Hassan.”
The injured were immediately transferred to a nearby hospital, where they are receiving medical treatment.
After receiving information about the incident, DPO Khan arrived at the scene with a large contingent of police, CTD and BDS teams. He examined the situation in detail and ordered the authorities to investigate all aspects of the incident.
He demanded that those involved be arrested as soon as possible and brought to justice. Security in the area has been further tightened, while a large-scale search operation is underway.
Read: IED blast in KP’s Lakki Marwat injures 7 people, including three policemen
The KP has been battling terrorism since the US ouster from Afghanistan, with terrorists often crossing the border to target police convoys and vehicles, leading to the deaths of several officials and personnel.
Last month, at least seven police officers, including the in-charge of Shadi Khel police station, were killed in an IED blast near a mobile police station in Lakki Marwat. A week earlier, two policemen were killed and 15 people, including five policemen, were injured in an IED blast in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana, Lower South Waziristan.
The province has seen a surge in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents in the country. Of the total 5,397 incidents reported last year, KP recorded 3,811, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported in the rest of the country. A total of 2,597 terrorists were killed during the year.
