Authorities foiled a terror attack at a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Sunday, police said.
The police said in a statement that the terrorists belonging to Fitna-al-Khawarij — a term the state uses to refer to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — attempted to attack the Baka Khel police station from a distance.
However, he added, police personnel opened fire on them after detecting their movement using “the latest technology.” As a result, according to the statement, the terrorists could not approach the police station and fled.
According to the police, “residents of nearby areas also shot at the attackers” and assisted law enforcement.
The statement did not mention any loss of life or property in the incident, which was earlier confirmed by Bannu Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sajjad Khan. he said dawn.com that the attackers had used a hand grenade against the police station.
“Unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade towards the police station, but it fell some distance away and caused no damage,” he said.
The RPO added that the attackers fled after the attempt and that a search operation was underway to hunt them down.
Of late, Pakistan has witnessed a spike in terrorist activities, mainly in KP and Balochistan. In November 2022, the TTP, after breaking a ceasefire agreement with the government, had promised to intensify attacks against security forces, police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies.
On Friday night, police intercepted an explosive-laden rickshaw in Bannu district, killing three terrorists and foiling a possible suicide attack on a police post in Mazanga in the jurisdiction of Havaid police station.
On Saturday, unknown assailants launched a rocket and gun attack on the Azam Warsak police station in South Waziristan.
According to police, the attackers attacked the police station from multiple directions, but police and FC staff responded quickly, forcing the attackers to flee. No casualties were reported in the incident.
