DI KHAN:
In a spate of terrorist violence across the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, unidentified terrorists have abducted five employees working on the Safe City project in Bannu, while two government officials were martyred in two separate attacks in Lakki Marwat district.
In the first incident, five PTCL employees who were installing surveillance cameras under the Bannu Safe City Project were abducted by terrorists associated with a banned organization from Mamsi Khel village under the jurisdiction of Cantt Police Station in Bannu. The technicians were present in the area for technical work related to the project when they were taken to an unknown location. The police have launched a search operation to get them to safety.
In the second wave of violence, two government employees were martyred in Lakki Marwat district. The first attack took place in Shadi Khel village, Bettani subdivision, where gunmen shot and martyred FC official Jameel Bettani, who was at his home on leave. The second incident took place near Dhooda where unidentified persons abducted Faridullah, a Narcotics Department official from Abdul Khel and martyred him by firing shots near Dhooda.
The police have confirmed that the bodies of both the martyrs have been shifted to the local hospital.
