At least four policemen, including a senior officer, were killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan\u2019s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country\u2019s interior minister confirmed on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last night, a group of terrorists attacked a police station with heavy fire in the Lakki Marwat district and later targeted a police van through an improvised explosive device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to local police, six police personnel also got injured in the attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the police, the blast occurred as the personnel were en route to the Saddar police station, where policemen were fending off an attack under way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization of several militant groups operating in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan has seen an uptick in terrorist attacks following the recapture of neighboring Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islamabad accused the TTP and its affiliates, who were pushed towards Afghanistan in the wake of a series of military operations in the northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border since 2014, of the recent attacks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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