"The turbans attacked the police [checkpost] with heavy and automatic weapons and tried to break in," Lakki Marwat police spokesperson Shahid Hameed told Dawn.com, adding that RPG-7s, grenades and other "advanced weapons" were used.
"The attack was thwarted by the timely action of the police," the spokesperson said.
Hameed identified the martyred policeman as of Constable Tehsinullah of the Rapid Response Force.
"A key terrorist was killed during the police’s retaliatory action," the spokesperson said, identifying him as Owais Abdulkhel. Weapons were recovered from his possession.
The suspect was wanted by the CTD (Counter Terrorism Department) Bannu for being allegedly involved in attacks on police and security forces, Hameed said.
A police search operation is underway in the area.
The martyred police constable’s funeral prayers were offered at the office of the Lakki Marwat district police officer on Sunday morning, where they were attended by police and army officials.
The attack comes in the wake of a recent uptick in terrorist attacks across the country after the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...Pakistain (TTP) ended its months-long ceasefire with the government.
Recent weeks have seen a resurgence of militancy in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the southern belt and merged districts, with increasing intensity of attacks on law enforcement personnel. Most recently, a policeman was martyred and at least six people — including four coppers and two civilians — were maimed in a suicide kaboom
in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector last week. The attack was claimed by the TTP.On Nov 16, 2022, six police personnel were reported to have been killed in what was described as a terror attack in Lakki Marwat after a police mobile patrol came under gunfire.
An army operation in Pakistain's northwest targeting turbans triggered a firefight that left a soldier and four fighters dead, the army's media wing said Sunday.
The development comes weeks after Pak Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism center in the northwest, snatching police weapons, taking hostages and seizing control of the facility.
The Pak Taliban, or TTP, have waged an insurgency over the past 15 years, fighting for stricter enforcement of Islamic law in the country, the release of their members in government custody and a reduction of Pak military presence in the country's former tribal regions.
It was not immediately clear if the four turbans killed late Saturday were from the TTP.
The operation in the Jani Khel area of Bannu in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province targeted turbans involved in attacking security forces and civilians, the army said. Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the four slain assailants after an intense exchange of fire.
Bannu's army control center confirmed the operation, but declined to give further details. Jani Khel is close to the site of last month's hostage situation at the counter-terrorism center.
Militants late Saturday attacked a police checkpoint in the Lakki Marwat area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing an officer. One of the assailants was killed in retaliation, police said.
Anwar Shah, assistant sub-inspector at police control in Lakki Marwat, said Sunday that around 15 turbans attacked the Shehbaz Khel checkpoint at 12:15 a.m. with machine guns, RPGs and grenades.