IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sarband area of Peshawar area, Pakistan on Sun 15th May 2022

Two members of the Sikh community were killed after unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Sarband area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on May 15, reports Dawn. Peshawar Capital City Police Office (CCPO) Ijaz Khan said that the victims were identified as 42-year-old Suljeet Singh and 38-year-old Ranjeet Singh, adding that they owned spice shops in the Batatal locality.||A commander of the Islamic State Khorasan chapter (IS-K) and mastermind of suicide attack on Koocha Risaldar Shia mosque on March 4, was killed along with a would-be suicide bomber in an early morning raid in the Wali Abad area of Pishtakhara in Peshawar on May 14, reports Dawn. The intelligence-based operation was carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department over the reported presence of IS-K commander Hassan Shah along with a suicide bomber in the Wali Abad area. An unnamed Police official said that they were planning to hit a church in Peshawar. Hassan Shah was among the two handlers of the suicide bomber, who had blown himself up among the worshippers in Koocha Risaldar mosque, killing over 60 and injuring more than 200 others. The official said the IS-K terrorist had escaped to Karachi after the attack. However, the official said he was again called to the province, apparently to carry out major attacks. CTD also arrested a local woman and a man from the scene.