The injured are immediately moved to a nearby hospital, where they receive medical treatment
The police mobile vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol. PHOTO: EXPRESS
DERA ISMAIL KHAN:
At least five policemen were injured when a police mobile vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol in Shahbazkhel police station area of Lakki Marwat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Tuesday.
According to District Police Officer (DPO) Nazir Khan, “The police vehicle was targeted with a motorcycle-borne IED, resulting in injuries to five officers, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector Jamaluddin, Constable Arif and Driver Mir Hassan”.
The injured were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where they are receiving medical treatment.
After receiving information about the incident, DPO Khan reached the spot along with heavy police force, CTD and BDS teams. He reviewed the situation in detail and directed officials to investigate all aspects of the incident.
He ordered that those involved should be arrested and brought to justice at the earliest. Security in the area has been further tightened while a large-scale search is underway.
Read: IED blast in KP’s Lakki Marwat injured 7 including three policemen
KP has been fighting terrorism since the US’s ouster from Afghanistan, with terrorists often crossing the border to target police convoys and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of several officials and personnel.
Last month, at least seven policemen, including the station house officer of Shadi Khel police station, were martyred in an IED blast near a police mobile in Lakki Marwat. A week before that, two policemen were killed and 15 people, including five policemen, were injured in an IED blast in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Lower South Waziristan.
The province has witnessed an increase in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents in the country. Out of a total of 5,397 incidents reported last year, KP recorded 3,811, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported from the rest of the country. A total of 2,597 terrorists were killed during the year.
