IED blast in K-P’s Lakki Marwat injures 7, including three police personnel | The Express Tribune

At least seven people, including three police personnel, were injured in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Sarai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province.

Lakki Marwat District Police Officer (DPO) Nazir Ahmed told The Express Tribune that the attack targeted a police vehicle near a vegetable market. He said a powerful explosion resulted in three police personnel being injured, who were immediately taken to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Sarai Naurang.

According to the hospital spokesperson, Dr Muhammad Ishaq, a total of seven injured individuals had so far been admitted. The hospital administration imposed emergency measures to manage the situation.

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DPO Ahmed said the IED was reportedly planted on a motorcycle.

K-P has been battling terrorism since the United States’ ouster from Afghanistan, with terrorists often crossing the border to target police convoys and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of several officials and personnel.

Last month, at least seven police personnel, including the station house officer of Shadi Khel Police Station, were martyred in an IED explosion near a police mobile in Lakki Marwat. A week before that, two policemen were killed and 15 people, including five police personnel, were injured in an IED blast in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Lower South Waziristan.

The province has witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents in the country. Out of a total of 5,397 reported incidents last year, K-P recorded 3,811, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported from the rest of the country. A total of 2,597 terrorists were killed during the year.