DI KHAN:
In a spate of terrorist violence in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, unidentified terrorists kidnapped five employees working on the Safe City project in Bannu, while two government officials were martyred in two separate attacks in Lakki Marwat district.
In the first incident, five PTCL employees installing surveillance cameras under the Bannu Safe City project were kidnapped by terrorists affiliated with a banned organization from Mamsi Khel village, located under the jurisdiction of Cantt Police Station in Bannu. The technicians were present in the area for technical work related to the project when they were taken to an unknown location. Police have launched a search operation to find them safely.
During the second wave of violence, two government employees were martyred in Lakki Marwat district. The first attack took place in Shadi Khel village, Bettani subdivision, where armed assailants shot and martyred FC official Jameel Bettani, who was at his home on leave. The second incident took place near Dhooda, where unidentified individuals kidnapped Faridullah, an official of Abdul Khel Narcotics Department, and martyred him by firing gunshots near Dhooda.
Police confirmed that the bodies of the two martyrs were transferred to the local hospital.
