- Incident takes place in Bhai Cheena space of Bajaur.
- Hunt for the suspects has been launched, says DSP.
- Injured rushed to hospital for medical remedy.
BAJAUR: A minimum of three police officers acquired wounded in a blast on Saturday after their automobile hit a bomb planted alongside the roadside in tehsil Khar of Bajaur district.
The deputy superintendent of police (DSP) stated different officers, together with the station home officer (SHO), escaped unharmed within the blast incident.
A hunt for the suspects had been launched within the Bhai Cheena space, the DSP added.
Police stated the wounded have been rushed to the hospital for medical remedy.
The assault comes two days after an explosion at a police station on Thursday evening claimed the lives of two individuals, whereas a number of others remained injured in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
District Police Officer (DPO) Swabi Haroon Rasheed had informed reporters that the blast occurred within the police station’s warehouse room on the primary flooring, the place big amount of explosive materials recovered from the terrorists now and again was saved.
The nation has been reeling beneath rising violent assaults for the reason that Taliban rulers returned to energy in Afghanistan in 2021, notably within the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan.
The 2 most weak provinces noticed a pointy rise in lethal assaults final couple of months, in response to information from the Pak Institute for Peace Research (PIPS).
The digital database of safety incidents managed by the Islamabad-based think-tank prompt an alarming scenario because the variety of assaults jumped from 38 in July to 59 in August.
These incidents included 29 assaults in KP, 28 in Balochistan, and two in Punjab. In the meantime, KP witnessed 25 casualties within the 29 terrorist assaults throughout August.
To sort out the menace of accelerating terrorism within the nation, the federal cupboard had authorised Operation Azm-e-Istehkam in June this yr. The operation is a reinvigorated nationwide counter-terrorism marketing campaign following the Central Apex Committee’s suggestions beneath the Nationwide Motion Plan to root out terrorism.
