ISLAMABAD: One police personnel was killed and three others were injured in a suicide blast targetting a security vehicle in Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, local media reported.
Lakki Marwat District Police Officers' spokesperson Asif Hassan stated that a Tajori police mobile was targetted in a suicide blast and identified the deceased as head constable Alauddin. He stated that bomber's accomplice fled from the spot and a search operation has been initiated, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported.
Pakistan has witnessed an increase in terror activities in the past year, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
On November 24, a soldier was injured after armed gunmen targetted Pakistani security forces vehicle on a link road in Domel town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district.