WORLD NEWS | Pakistan: Terrorists, police killed in attack on police checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan]Jan 1 (ANI): A gunman attacked a police checkpoint in Shahbaz Khel district, Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, a local police official said. terrorists were killed in Pakistan. dawn.

According to The Dawn, “Lakki Marwat police spokesman Shahid Hameed said terrorists attacked police checkpoints using heavy automatic weapons and attempted to break in. RPG-7s, grenades and other advanced weapons were used.”

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A police spokesman said the attack was foiled due to prompt action by officers.

The policeman who was killed has been identified as Constable Tehsinullah of the Quick Reaction Force. “A key terrorist was killed in a police retaliation operation,” Hamid said. He identified the terrorist as Owais Abdulkhel. The weapons were recovered from his property.

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According to Hamid, the suspect is wanted by the CTD (Counter-Terrorism Department) Bannu for his alleged involvement in attacks against police and security forces.

Police are conducting a search operation in the area.

“On Sunday morning, funeral prayers for the police officers were held at the Lakki Marwat district police officer’s office. Multiple police and military officials attended the prayers,” Dawn reported.

The Dawn report also said: “This attack comes after a recent increase in terrorist attacks across the country after the outlawed Pakistani Taliban movement (TTP) ended a months-long ceasefire with the government.”

Four people dubbed “terrorists” by Pakistani officials were killed and a Pakistani soldier was killed during an intelligence operation in Janihar, Pakhtunkhwabannu province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwabannu province on Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported. die.

According to a press release from Inter-Services Public Relations cited by Dawn, the troops “effectively engaged in[d]The location of the terrorists and a “heavy firefight” took place during which 25-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Waseem, a resident of Kerpur, fought “heroically” and was killed.

Meanwhile, the terrorists who were killed remained “actively involved in terrorism against security forces and the killing of innocent citizens,” Dawn quoted ISPR as saying, adding that weapons and ammunition had been recovered from them.

The Islamabad think tank said 2022 will be the deadliest month for Pakistani security personnel in more than a decade, citing the emergence of the Pakistani Taliban movement (TTP) as the biggest threat facing the country.

The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said in its annual report released on Saturday that Pakistani security forces have lost at least 282 people in attacks including improvised explosive device ambushes, suicide attacks and attacks on security posts during 2022. Occurs mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. (Arnie)

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