Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks in 2024, which included 6 suicide bombings and more than 100 explosions, taking lives of at least 275 people and injuring hundreds of others, official data showed on Friday.
The Counter-Terrorism Department of the K-P said in a report that the outgoing year witnessed a total of 636 terrorist attacks, including six suicide attacks, 113 improvised explosives device (IED) blasts and 355 shooting incidents.
In these terrorist attacks, the CTD data showed, 142 police personnel and 133 civilians were martyred, while 214 policemen and 246 civilians were injured in the province.
On the other hand, the CTD said, 2,981 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were carried out this year in which 246 terrorists were killed and 739 others were arrested, including 29 highly-wanted terrorists.
The data showed that 849 kilogrammes of explosives were recovered during these IBOs, including 162 hand grenades, seven suicide jackets and 162 different types of weapons.
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