LAKKI MARWAT: Three Federal Constabulary males had been martyred in a terrorist assault in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district on Monday, in line with officers.
In an announcement, Karak police spokesperson Shaukat Khan stated terrorists initially carried out a quadcopter assault on the Federal Constabulary fort within the Dargah Shaheedan space.
The spokesperson stated that throughout the preliminary assault, the terrorists detonated 4 rounds of explosives, inflicting accidents to 4 Federal Constabulary personnel. Nevertheless, the Federal Constabulary personnel retaliated.
The trade of fireplace went on for a very long time, he added. He stated that Rescue 1122 groups arrived on the website of the incident to hurry the injured to a close-by hospital; nevertheless, the ambulances had been ambushed by the terrorists close to Ghole Banda Dam, resulting in the martyrdom of three Federal Constabulary personnel.
Three Rescue 1122 officers had been left injured, he stated. He added that following the assault, the ambulances caught hearth and had been destroyed.
Karak District Police Officer Saood Khan additionally confirmed that three Federal Constabulary males had been martyred because the ambulance carrying the injured got here underneath assault.
Individually, Rescue 1122 spokesperson Asif Khan, in an announcement, stated that two of the injured rescue personnel had been in crucial situation.
In the meantime, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari condemned the assault, terming it “cowardly and inhumane,” as per an announcement issued by the PPP’s media cell.
“Those that opened hearth on an ambulance have confirmed that they reject the teachings of Islam,” Bilawal was quoted as saying.
Bilawal, as per the assertion, paid tribute to the martyred personnel and provided condolences to their households.
He harassed that “a Muslim can not even consider harming an animal, not to mention a human being, within the holy month of Ramazan”.
Final week, a terrorist assault, involving an explosive-laden automobile, on a checkpost in KP’s Bajaur district martyred 11 safety personnel.
On February 18, two Federal Constabulary personnel had been injured when unidentified assailants attacked a checkpost within the Salgazi space of Wazir subdivision.
In November final 12 months, in a significant assault on the drive, three Federal Constabulary personnel had been martyred in a suicide assault on the drive’s headquarters in Peshawar’s Saddar space.
KP has seen an increase in terrorist assaults up to now 12 months. Based on the Annual Security Report 2025 From the Heart for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS), KP recorded a big surge in violence final 12 months as “fatalities rose from 1,620 in 2024 to 2,331 in 2025”.
This marked an “absolute improve of 711 deaths, accounting for over 82 per cent of the web nationwide rise and marking virtually a 44pc year-on-year surge in violence within the province”.
