Two police personnel and a security guard were martyred in separate firing incidents in Bannu on Monday, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Yasir Afridi confirmed to the media.
According to Afridi, the first attack occurred outside a National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in the Baka Khel area, where armed gunmen opened fire on security staff. Two officers, Constable Rafiullah and security guard Gul Shah Noor, were killed at the scene.
“A heavy police contingent arrived shortly after the incident, but the attackers managed to flee. The officers’ bodies were transferred to the District Headquarters Hospital in Bannu for post-mortem examination,” he said.
In a separate incident near the Miryan Kinger police station, another police constable, Sher Muhammad, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Authorities have launched a comprehensive search and checkpoint operation across the district in response to the attacks.
Condemning the incidents, K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi paid tribute to the victims, stating that “the people of the province share the grief of the martyrs’ families.”
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday strongly condemned the terrorist attack outside NADRA office in Bannu. He prayed for the highest ranks of police constables Rafiullah and Gul Shah Noor, who were martyred in the incident. He expressed condolences to the families of the martyrs. He said the government was determined to completely eliminate all forms of terrorism from the country.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also strongly condemned the attacks. “Guard Gul Shah Noor and Constable Rafiullah attained the great status of martyrdom while performing their duty,” he said, adding that “by sacrificing their lives in the line of duty, both personnel set a high example of bravery.” On Friday, five people, including women and a child, were martyred and several others injured, including at least one police officer, in a suicide attack targeting the Domel Police Station in Bannu. Initial reports suggest that terrorists attempted to ram a car laden with approximately 1,000 to 1,500 kilograms of explosives into the wall of the Domel police station but, after failing to breach it, detonated explosives in a nearby civilian area.