Report in Pakistan Today, Mar 31, 2023
PESHAWAR: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in a pair of attacks killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early Thursday, police said.
The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to the attack on a police station in the town bordering Afghanistan. Six officers were wounded in the attack at the police station.
Ashfaq Khan, a police officer, said a search was underway for the militant suspects who attacked the police station and later targeted the police vehicle with a bomb……
The Afghanistan-based group claimed responsibility for both attacks, saying one of the slain police officers, Iqbal Mohmand, was targeted because he was behind the arrest and killing of some of its militants.
The group is separate but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban. There has been an uptick in attacks in Pakistan after the TTP ended a cease-fire with the government of Pakistan…..
The latest violence comes days after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) delayed legislative elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to a spike in attacks and the government’s refusal to provide the necessary funds, security forces and polling staff. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/03/30/ttp-strikes-in-lakki-marwat-leave-four-police-officers-dead-six-hurt/
