Police official shot dead in Bannu

Fourth attack on police personnel within 10-day span

BANNU:

Unidentified motorcyclists shot dead a police official in Khyber-Paktunkhwa's Bannu district on Wednesday. 

The policeman, identified as Ashraf Khan, was enroute for polio duty on Mandan road when he was attacked.

The assailants fled the scene soon after the attack and an investigation was initiated by local law enforcement. 

The body of the police official was shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Bannu.

Read: Policeman martyred in Bannu attack

Earlier, two civilians lost their lives while 10 others, including three security forces personnel, were injured in a suicide attack in Bannu’s Bakka Khel area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday.

Since the return of the Afghan Taliban to power in the neighbouring country in Aug 2021, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan went up by 60% while suicide attacks by a staggering 500%

This incident constitutes the fourth attack on police personnel within a 10-day span.