Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan strike in Lekki Marwat killed 4 police officers and wounded 6 others
Militants of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) targeted police vehicles with roadside bombs, killing four police officers and injuring six others, police said. .
The bomb killed four police officers in a police car carrying reinforcements to respond to an attack on a police station in a town bordering Afghanistan. Six officers were injured in the attack below the police station.
Police officer Ashfaq Khan said a search was on for the suspected militants who attacked the police station and later targeted a police vehicle with a bomb.
Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif condemned the attack and said he regretted the “martyrdom” of the targeted officer. He said: “The loss of police officers in the fight against terrorism will never be forgotten.”
The Afghanistan-based group said one of the slain police officers, Iqbal Momand, was targeted because he was behind the capture and killing of some militants. took responsibility for this attack.
This group is independent but allied with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Attacks have increased in Pakistan since the end of the ceasefire between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban and the government of Pakistan.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban has become emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, when US and NATO forces left the country after 20 years of war. Since the Taliban took over, many leaders and fighters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) have found refuge in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has seen countless militant attacks over the past two decades, but attacks have increased since November, when a month-long ceasefire deal with the Pakistani government brokered by the Afghan Taliban ended.
The unrest comes days after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed parliamentary elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. This was due to increased attacks and the government’s refusal to provide much-needed funding, security forces and polling staff. The government cited financial restrictions as the reason.
