- An improvised explosive device targets a cement factory vehicle on Begukhel road.
- Rescue 1122 injured shifts in Lakki city hospital.
- The seriously injured victims were referred to Bannu hospital.
LAKKI MARWAT: At least one person was killed and nine others, including two women, were injured in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a vehicle of a cement factory in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), police said on Monday.
The blast occurred on Begukhel Road near Nawarkhel Mor, police said, adding that the deceased was identified as Fareedullah, while the injured included Abdul Malik, Umar Khan, Masal Khan, Mir Ahmad and Syed Jan. All the victims belong to Begukhel village.
1122 rescue teams reached the spot soon after the explosion and shifted the injured to Lakki Municipal Hospital. Those in critical condition were later referred to Bannu for further treatment.
The incidents came amid a rise in terrorism against law enforcement in the country, particularly in the border provinces of KP and Balochistan, since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
The attack comes a day after four policemen were martyred in two different incidents of firing carried out by unidentified assailants in Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts.
In Lakki Marwat, unidentified terrorists on a motorcycle opened fire on traffic police personnel in Sarai Naurang town, leading to the martyrdom of three officers, according to a police spokesperson.
The martyred officials were identified as Traffic Police Chief Naurang Jalal Khan, Constable Azizullah and Constable Abdullah. The attackers managed to escape after the incident.
Meanwhile, in Bannu, a police officer was martyred after unidentified individuals opened fire in the Mandan area. Police said Constable Rashid Khan was attacked while he was on his way from home to report for duty at the Mandan police station.
According to an annual security report by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), KP faced the brunt of terrorist attacks in 2025 as at least 2,331 people, including citizens and law enforcement personnel, lost their lives.
Pakistan has time and again asked the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul to prevent its territory from being used by terrorists against Pakistan, and the issue recently resulted in rising tensions with cross-border attacks by the Afghan side, which also resulted in retaliation by Pakistani forces.
