PESHAWAR: Three cops, citizen martyred in Lachi police-post attack in the wee house of Wednesday in an attack today on a police checkpost near Lachi Toll Plaza on the Indus Highway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district, officials said.
According to a statement released by Lachi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Fazl Naeem, the martyred cops included Lance Naik Constable Amjad, Lance Naik Constable Junaid and Constable Waqar.
A citizen identified as:
Noor Muhammad, a resident of Lakki Marwat was also killed in the attack, he added. Kohat District Police Officer Farhan Khan also confirmed the incident, saying three policemen and a citizen were killed in the terror attack.
🔺Terrorists targeted the Lachi Toll Plaza and Check Post on the Indus Highway in Kohat, resulting in the martyrdom of four individuals, including three dedicated police personnel—Constable Amjad, Constable Junaid, and Constable Waqar.
Noor Muhammad from Lakki Marwat also lost… https://t.co/3F8C5MD7JC pic.twitter.com/U4Xu9CEtvw
— Eagle Eye (@zarrar_11PK) January 10, 2024
PRO Naeem said that a large number of police and other law enforcement agencies personnel rushed to the site soon after the incident. “The entire area has been cordoned off and a search operation has been launched to locate and hunt down the miscreants,†he said.
The incident comes just two days after a vehicle carrying police personnel on polio duty came under attack in KP’s Mamond tehsil. Seven policemen were martyred in the incident.
The same day, a soldier lost his life while an injured militant was arrested following an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in North Waziristan.
President Dr Arif Alvi and Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar condemned the attack and condoled with the bereaved family. They expressed the resolve that the armed forces, backed by the nation would defeat the terrorism.
Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari condemned the attack. In a statement, he expressed grief over the lives lost in the incident and offered his condolences to the bereaved families.
“Terrorists are enemies of the country,†he added. Bilawal said that the sacrifices rendered by the army, security forces and the police would not be in vain.
A day earlier at least two policemen deployed for polio duty in the Teri Ram area of Bannu district were martyred while three others injured during a gunfight with unidentified armed men.
One of the three attackers was killed, the other was taken into custody in an injured condition while the third managed to escape.
According to details, the policemen were on polio duty within the remits of Meeryan police station when three unidentified attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire at them. As the police retaliated, one of the attackers got injured, while the other two hid in a house nearby.
Source: dawn.com
