PESHAWAR: Three police officers, including a station house officer (SHO), were injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a police convoy during a search operation near a cemetery in Hangu’s Doaba area.
Police official Saqib said the explosion occurred in Paracha graveyard near the Karbogha area as officers were conducting a search operation. SHO Imranuddin, Head Constable Jihad Ali, and Constable Abid Ali sustained injuries and were shifted to Hangu District Headquarters Hospital for treatment.
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The attack came just two days after the federal interior ministry issued a security alert warning of possible terrorist activity targeting law enforcement personnel in the Hangu and Orakzai districts. The alert had cautioned that militants might use an explosives-laden motorcycle to strike police checkpoints or security officials.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation in Tank district’s Lali Khel area, security forces killed Abu Dujana — an Afghan national and specialist bombmaker — during an intelligence-led raid. Authorities recovered a 30kg IED, a suicide vest, grenades, small arms, and ammunition from the site. Officials said two or three other militants escaped with injuries during the encounter.
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In another incident, locals in Balochistan’s Kalat district helped prevent a major tragedy by reporting explosives planted under a bridge in the Johan area. Security forces defused the 10kg locally manufactured bomb, which was reportedly intended to destroy key infrastructure. An investigation into the incident is underway.