LAKKI MARWAT: In the third incident of terrorism in Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Wednesday, two more lives were lost when armed persons engaged security forces in a firing in Lakki Marwat district.
In a statement issued in Rawalpindi, the military’s media wing said that the security forces traced the hideout of some wanted terrorists in Lakki Marwat and conducted an operation.
During the operation, the terrorists opened fire on the security forces from their hideout. The security personnel bravely fought the terrorists and killed two of them. Two of the army personnel also laid down their lives in the firing, it added.
The statement said that the killed terrorists were involved in attacks on the army and were also wanted by police in different cases.
Target killings and terror attacks have risen in KP and Balochistan provinces in the recent months.
Earlier today, an independent candidate for KP assembly was killed in North Wazirstan while a PML-N candidate for a National Assembly seat was shot and injured in Turbat, Balochistan.
In the morning, armed people attacked a checkpost near Kohat and killed three policemen.
On Jan 8, a vehicle carrying policemen for deployment with polio workers was attacked in Bajaur in which five police personnel and one other person were killed.
On Jan 9, two police officials guarding a polio team were shot dead by armed persons in Kohat.
Repeated attacks on security personnel have also raised suspicions about the holding of the Feb 8 general elections in the country.
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