LAKKI MARWAT (KP): Unidentified militants gunned two traffic policemen (Israel and Sanaullah) down when they were travelling from their village to duty on the Ghazni Khel-Long Khel Road near Gul Baz Dehqan here Tuesday (1st July, 2025).
Shooters also snatched official guns from the two slain cops before bolting from the scene of crime. Attacks on the personnel of lEAs is a common phenomenon in KP. And operations against militants too are regularly carried out. For instance, fifteen terrorists, including ringleaders, were neutralised in two separate IBOs carried out by security forces here on 15th Feb.
According to details, the first Intelligence-Based-Operation was conducted in Hathala (area of Dera Ismail Khan district) during which nine terrorists (including ringleaders Farman alias Saqib, Amanullah alias Toori, Saeed alias Liaquat and Bilal) were neutralised. Those killed were in the Law-Enforcement-Agencies’ most wanted list due to their involvement in terrorist activities in the region.
Six militants were slain in the second IBO that was carried out in the general area of Miranshah in North Waziristan district. During the exchange of fire 21-year-old Lahoriite Lt. Muhammad Hassaan Arshaf paid the ultimate sacrifice along with three soldiers [Naib Subedar Muhammad Bilal (39), r/o Dera Ismail Khan district; Sepoy Farhat Ullah (27), r/o Lakki Marwat district; and Sepoy Himmat Khan (29), r/o Momand district].
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