Policeman gunned down near his home in KP's Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: A police official was martyred in a gun attack in the Kaichi Kamar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Sunday.

Lakki Marwat district police officer’s (DPO) spokesman Qudratullah Khan confirmed that terrorists targeted Constable Irfanullah near his house in the trans-river belt known as Kurrum Par area.

He said that the policeman received critical bullet injuries and died on the way to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in the Serai Naurang town.

The police official said that the martyred cop was posted in Peshawar and had come to his native village on leave.

“After the attack, a large police contingent reached the area and launched a search for the assailants,” he added.

Today’s incident comes just a day after unknown terrorists attacked the house of a police official with explosives in the district’s Shadikhel area, causing significant damage.

Also in the Shadikhel area, a policeman embraced martyrdom in a fierce gunfight with terrorists on Thursday following an attack on a police post.

Over the last few months, several areas of KP, including Bannu, Peshawar, Karak, Lakki Marwat and Bajaur, have witnessed a series of terrorist attacks on police personnel.

On April 7, at least five policemen, including an officer, were injured in an explosion in the Shahbazkhel town in Lakki Marwat.

On April 20, two terrorists were killed while a police constable was martyred in a gun battle in Lakki Marwat when police conducted a targeted operation.