LAKKI MARWAT/BANNU: Four police personnel lost their lives in two separate shooting incidents carried out by attackers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.
In Sarai Naurang city, Lakki Marwat, three traffic policemen were killed when unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire, a police spokesperson said.
The martyred officials were identified as Traffic Police In-charge Naurang Jalal Khan, Constable Azizullah, and Constable Abdullah. The attackers managed to escape after the incident.
The bodies of the martyred traffic police officers were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Sarai Naurang, for medico-legal procedures. Police have launched a search operation in the area and are investigating the incident.
Separately in Bannu, a police constable was martyred after unidentified individuals opened fire in the Mandan area. Police said Constable Rashid Khan came under attack while he was on his way from home to report for duty at Mandan Police Station.
The incidents occurred amid a rise in terrorism targeting law enforcement agencies in the country, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan, since the Afghan Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021.
On December 23, 2025, five cops were martyred when their van was attacked in KP's Karak district.
In a similar incident on December 3 last year, three police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), were martyred when militants targeted their vehicle in the Panyala area of Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan).
According to a Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) annual security report, KP faced the brunt of terrorist attacks in 2025 as at least 2,331 individuals, including citizens and personnel of law enforcement agencies, lost their lives.
KP Chief Minister condemned the attacks, expressing grief and offering condolences to the families of the martyred officers. He said cowardly attacks by anti-state elements will not succeed in achieving their malicious objectives.
KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has sought reports on both incidents from concerned officials. He also urged the provincial government to focus on maintaining peace rather than on "one individual."
He also expressed deep sorrow over the martyrdom of the personnel. "The martyrs are heroes, and their sacrifices will not go in vain."
