SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kurram Bridge, Lakki Marwat area, Pakistan on Wed 10th July 2024

Four family members, including a Police officer, were killed and a minor was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle near Kurram Bridge on the Indus Highway within the jurisdiction of Dadiwala Police station in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 10, reports Dawn. Head Constable Saadullah (37) and his family were travelling to Peshawar from Titterkhel for medical treatment. The attackers suddenly emerged and sprayed the car with bullets, injuring the Police officer and his three nephews. Two women in the car remained unharmed. Constable Saadullah and his nephews — Abdul Rehman (8), Sufyan (12) and Sayyam (12) — were seriously injured in the attack and died on the way to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Serai Naurang town. Another injured minor, Farmanullah, was transferred to a hospital in Peshawar. Constable Saadullah, who was stationed at the Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan Police Station in Darra Pezu town, hailed from Titterkhel town.