Terrorists attack Pakistan police, kill four, injure six

Taliban terrorists opened fire at a vehicle ferrying security forces in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killing at least four policemen including an officer and wounding six othersThe terrorists attacked the police mobile van in Lakki Marwat district of KhyberPakhtunkhwa province The vehicle was on its way to the Saddar police station when it came under the attack police saidFour policemen including a deputy superintendent of police DSP were killed and six others were injured in the attack they said adding that KhyberPakhtunkhwa police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan has ordered an inquiry into the incidentLakki Marwat police spokesperson said the attack was launched in the early hours of Thursday resulting in an exchange of fire between the police and the terroristsDuring the gunfight six policemen were injured he saidA police statement said that the militants were equipped with advanced and heavy weaponry the Dawn newspaper reported The police were on alert and the attackers had to flee when the police returned fire it said The terrorists fled while taking advantage of the darkness it addedAlso readBomaby HC quashes scribes 2019 complaint against actor Salman Khan bodyguard alleging misbehaviourThe outlawed TehreekiTaliban Pakistan TTP claimed the attack in a statement the report saidCondemning the incident Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the sacrifices of police officers in the war against terrorism were unforgettable and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured persons Police are performing magnificent duties against the terrorist as the first line of defence Elimination of terrorism is a must for Pakistans survival and development Shehbaz said in a statementThe latest attack comes as terrorismrelated incidents are surging in Pakistan Over the past few months the law and order situation in the country especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has worsened with terrorist groups conducting attacks with near impunity across the countrySince the talks with the Taliban group broke down in November the TTP has intensified its attacks particularly targeting the policeIn January a powerful suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar Police Lines killed 84 people and injured many othersAccording to statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies an Islamabadbased thinktank January 2023 remained one of the deadliest months since July 2018 as 134 people lost their lives a 139 per cent spike and 254 received injuries in at least 44 militant attacks across the country the report saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever