PESHAWAR: Six regulation enforcement personnel, together with a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), had been martyred after a terrorist assault on a police automobile in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district on Tuesday.
A senior police officer informed Daybreak that six police personnel — the DSP, an inspector and 4 constables — had been martyred when the automobile, which was transporting two people for a court docket look, was attacked.
He added that one of many two people was additionally killed within the assault. The attackers additionally torched the automobile after the ambush.
Earlier within the day, state-run APP reported that heavy firing by armed assailants focused the DSP of Lachi police station close to Shakardara Highway.
Following the assault, further police contingents had been dispatched to the world, and a search operation was launched to apprehend the attackers.
Authorities have cordoned off the world, whereas investigations into the incident have begun.
President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the terrorist assault in Kohat.
Paying tribute to the fallen police personnel, he expressed heartfelt sympathy and condolences to their households.
KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi strongly condemned the terrorist assault.
The governor paid glowing tribute to the DSP and different police officers who embraced martyrdom within the line of responsibility and prayed for his or her elevated ranks. He additionally prolonged heartfelt condolences to the households of the martyrs and wished for the speedy restoration of the injured police personnel.
Kundi famous that the regulation and order state of affairs in KP’s southern districts had deteriorated considerably. He stated the police had been preventing on the entrance strains within the struggle in opposition to terrorism and rendering immense sacrifices.
The governor termed the sacrifices of cops and troopers for establishing peace a supply of delight for the nation.
KP has seen an increase in terrorist assaults up to now 12 months. In response to the Annual Safety Report 2025 from the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS), KP recorded a big surge in violence final 12 months as “fatalities rose from 1,620 in 2024 to 2,331 in 2025”.
On Monday, three Federal Constabulary (FCN) males had been martyred in a terrorist assault in KP’s Karak district, officers stated.
In response to Karak police spokesperson Shaukat Khan, Rescue 1122 groups arrived on the web site of the incident, however their ambulances had been ambushed by the terrorists close to Ghole Banda Dam.
In consequence, three FCN personnel had been martyred, and three Rescue 1122 officers had been injured, whereas the ambulances caught hearth and had been destroyed.
Final week, a terrorist assault involving an explosive-laden automobile on a checkpost in KP’s Bajaur district martyred 11 safety personnel. The army’s media wing stated that an “harmless younger woman” was additionally martyred in the course of the incident, whereas one other seven folks had been additionally injured, together with ladies and kids.
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