IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Katta Khel, Lakki Marwat District area, Pakistan on Mon 1st December 2025

One Policeman, identified as Head Constable Alauddin, was killed while five others were injured on December 1 in a suicide blast targeting a Police mobile in at Katta Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Dawn.  The injured Policemen were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Haq Nawaz, Constable Yar Muhammad, Elite Force Constable Kamal Ahmad, Elite Force Constable Naeemullah and Duty Foot Constable Nasrullah. A press release issued by Lakki Marwat District Police shared the details of the incident. It quoted District Police Officer (DPO) Nazir Khan as saying that Police had received information about the movement of a “suspicious” motorcyclist by “credible sources”. According to the DPO, the motorcyclist was travelling from Bittani subdivision toward the Bakhmal Ahmadzai area. The motorcyclists’ “potential target was a public gathering”, the DPO was further quoted as saying. Tajori Police has set up checkpoints at Katta Khel, where they flagged down two suspicious motorcyclists. The motorcyclists, however, tried and were chased by Police, the press release detailed. “During the chase, one of the motorcyclists opened fire on Police and upon retaliatory action, he blew himself up,” the press release said.