IED

IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahbazkhel, Lakki Marwat District area, Pakistan on Tue 7th April 2026

7th April 2026

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At least five Policemen including an officer were injured in an explosion in the Shahbazkhel town of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 7, reports Dawn. A spokesperson for the Lakki Marwat District Police, Qudratullah, confirmed that the attack was carried out by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists on the Bannu-DI Khan section of the Peshawar-Karachi Indus Highway. He said that terrorists had fitted an improvised explosive device (IED) to a motorcycle parked along the roadside, which later exploded. A Police patrol from Shahbazkhel Police Station was the target of the blast.

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