Once again, terrorism has started spreading its foot in the western-northern part of Pakistan. Eight security personnel were killed in two separate incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday. Pakistan's local newspaper Dawn reported that six policemen and two soldiers were among the security personnel killed in Lakki Marwat and Bajaur districts.
Eight security personnel died in the incident in two parts
The first incident, which was claimed by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), took place in the Kurram Par area of Lakki Marwat when terrorists opened fire on a police van. Six police personnel died in this incident. In a separate incident, two soldiers and a terrorist were killed in clashes near the Pak-Afghanistan border area in Charmang area of the Bajaur district.
One terrorist killed in the shootout
Pakistan's military media wing said the exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists took place on Wednesday morning in the Hilal Khel area near the Afghanistan border. In the exchange of fire, one terrorist was killed and arms and ammunition were seized from him, he said. Condemning the attack on the police van in Lakki Marwat, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that terrorism is one of the major problems of Pakistan.
PM expressed grief over the incident
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on Thursday, 'Let us not make any mistake. Terrorism is one of the major problems in Pakistan. Our armed forces and police have fought this menace valiantly. I don't have enough words to condemn the terrorist attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also condemned the attack on police personnel in Lakki Marwat. The federal minister said that he has sought a report on the incident from the chief secretary and IG of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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