- Prohibited TTP claims responsibility for all attacks in two districts in separate statements
Peshawar: Officials said Saturday that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel repelled terrorist attacks at four police stations and a check post in Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts overnight and no casualties were reported.
According to police official statements, the terrorists targeted two police stations in Lakki Marwat last night while two policemen were injured in a roadside blast. Meanwhile, another two police station and a check post were attacked in Bannu.
The prohibited TTP claimed responsibility for all these attacks in both districts.
Lakki Marwat police said that the terrorists attacked Grandma and Pizu police stations on Friday night, but “the two attacks were repelled due to timely action by the police.” No casualties were reported in any of the attacks.
However, the statement added that two policemen were injured while one of the attackers was killed in retaliation when a roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle on Lakki Marwat’s Landiya Road.
Militants demonstrated a correctional explosive explosion on Friday, injuring two policemen, including a driver, police said.
The statement said that an attacker was also killed “due to timely police action”, the statement said.
According to police, Zeeshan Abdullah, deputy commissioner of Lakki Marwat, issued a danger warning yesterday.
In Bannu, unidentified persons attacked the Khojri police post, as well as a hand grenade at Goriwala and Bakhil police stations late on Friday night and fired.
“Armed motorcyclists threw two hand grenades at the search police post. After the attack on the police post, village elders brought weapons to protect the police post, “the police said in a statement.
He quoted locals as saying that they would protect the check post and “people shouted slogans for a long time” with policemen, with policemen.
Regarding the attack by unknown gunmen at Ghorawala and Bakakhil police stations, the statement said that the police “responded strongly and the attackers fled”.
Police added that no casualties were reported in the attacks.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised the police for his timely action and thwarting the attacks.
“The irreversible role of KP police in the fight against terrorism is commendable,” he said in a statement on X.
KPIGP praised the policemen to remove the attacks
In a statement issued after the failed attacks, KP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed paid tribute to the police force for repealing the attacks.
The KP police chief expressed his commitment, “cowardly attacks by terrorists in the darkness of the night cannot disappoint the policemen.”
“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police forces are fighting like a brick wall against terrorists,” IG Ham said.
The IGP announced a complimentary certificate and cash prizes for the soldiers, saying, “We will fight permanently until the end of terrorism.”
Earlier this month, five soldiers were martyred while 16 terrorists were killed when security forces did not attack the Bannu camp. Due to the destruction of a mosque and other residential building by the blasts, 13 citizens, including six children, lost their lives.
Pakistan Security Forces and other law enforcement agencies, especially in KP and Balochistan, especially in KP and Balochistan, followed by its critical ceasefire in November 2022, security forces and other law enforcement agencies, especially in KP and Balochistan.
According to a think tank based in Islamabad, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICS), Pakistan ranked second in the World Terrorism Index in 2025, with the number of deaths increased by 45 % in the last one year to 1,081.
The report revealed that there was a slight increase in terrorist attacks in February, but the rapid increase in civilian casualties was observed.
