The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Tuesday foiled two attacks in the Lakki Marwat district — one on a police station and another at a check post, sources reported citing police.
An attack was thwarted at the Peezo police station in the district, as per the police, during which the terrorists opened fire and threw hand grenades.
The police retaliated, forcing the assailants to escape the site. There was no casualty reported, according to the police. Following retaliatory fire by the police personnel, the assailants escaped, the police said, adding that there was no casualty. Meanwhile, an attempt to attack the 15 Police post at the Gundi Chowk was also thwarted in the morning, the police added.
Last week, four terrorists were killed by security forces in two operations in the province during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted in Mir Ali, North Waziristan district.
It should be noted that the year 2023 saw as many as 586 terror attacks with 17% claimed by banned terror outfits such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Daesh, and others. Meanwhile, security forces conducted 197 operations against outlaws leaving 537-545 of them dead.
