Cop martyred, another injured in attack on police team in KP's Karak

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LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred and another sustained bullet injuries when unknown armed men targeted a police patrol party in the Shatakai dam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district late on Tuesday night. The district police officer’s (DPO) spokesperson, Shaukat Khan, said in a statement that the police party was on routine patrol duty in the area within the limits of Sabirabad Police Station when the firing attack took place. He said that Constable Zafran lost his life in the attack while Constable Muhammad Imtiaz was seriously wounded. The official said that the body and the injured cop were transferred to a hospital. Following the attack, a large contingent of police led by DPO Imran Khan reached the spot, surrounded the entire area, and launched a search for the assailants, the spokesman said, adding that additional force was also deployed at various points to keep track of the movements of suspicious persons and foil any bid by attackers to flee. He reaffirmed the strong determination of the district police to bring the attackers into the tight clutches of the law soon. KP has seen an increase in terrorist attacks in August compared with July, according to monthly data compiled by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). Mainland KP, excluding the merged districts, recorded 54 terrorist attacks in August compared with 36 in July, representing an increase of 50pc. Deaths resulting from terrorist attacks declined from 69 in July to 44 in August, while injuries declined from 96 to 70, representing a decrease of 27pc. Security forces’ actions in the province killed 56 terrorists — also lower than the July numbers. In August, a police constable was martyred and six officials were injured when an improvised explosive device was used to attack a police patrol van in Karak district.

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