DI KHAN:
In a spate of terrorist violence across the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, unidentified terrorists kidnapped five employees working at the Safe City Project in Bannu, while two government officials were martyred in two separate attacks in Lakki Marwat district.
In the first incident, five PTCL employees installing surveillance cameras under the Bannu Safe City Project were kidnapped by terrorists affiliated with a banned organization from Mamsi Khel village, located within the jurisdiction of Cantt police station in Bannu. The technicians were in the area carrying out technical work related to the project when they were transferred to an unknown location. Police have launched a search operation for his safe recovery.
In the second wave of violence, two government employees were martyred in Lakki Marwat district. The first attack occurred in Shadi Khel village, Bettani subdivision, where armed assailants shot and martyred FC leader Jameel Bettani, who was on leave at home. The second incident took place near Dhooda where unidentified individuals kidnapped Faridullah, an official of Abdul Khel Narcotics Department, and martyred him by firing shots near Dhooda.
The police have confirmed that the bodies of both martyrs have been shifted to the local hospital.
