A child and an adult were killed while several others were injured in a suicide attack near a mosque in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat, according to Rescue 1122.
A statement from the department said: “A suicide blast was reported near a mosque in Khairo Khel Pacca village. As a result of the blast, eight-year-old Asma Bibi and 25-year-old Asad Ali were martyred, while several others were injured.”
Rescuers immediately arrived at the scene and provided first aid to the injured as soon as the information was received, adding that the victims were immediately taken to Tajazai District Central Hospital for medical treatment.
A police officer told him anadolu On condition of anonymity, preliminary details suggested the attacker was attempting to enter the mosque during Friday prayers, but failed to reach inside and detonated explosives outside.
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Lakki Marwat, one of KP’s southern districts, has seen a rise in militant violence in recent years, with police and security forces frequently targeted.
Last month, nine people, including two traffic police officials, were killed and 33 others injured in an explosion in Lakki Marwat’s Sarai Naurang tehsil. Initial investigations into the incident suggested that explosive material had been placed on a motorcycle, causing the explosion.
In April, at least seven people, including three police officers, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion. The attack, which also took place in the Sarai Naurang area, reportedly targeted a police vehicle near a vegetable market.
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Meanwhile, at least seven police personnel, including the station house officer of Shadi Khel, were martyred in an IED blast near a police mobile in Lakki Marwat. According to the KP police, the mobile phone was attacked.
KP has witnessed a rise in terrorist attacks, accounting for the highest number of incidents of the total of 5,397 reported last year. The province recorded 3,811 incidents, followed by Balochistan with 1,557 incidents. Only 29 incidents were reported in the rest of the country. A total of 2,597 terrorists were killed during the year, according to the military spokesman.
