LAKKI MARWAT: Two policemen were martyred when unknown miscreants attacked them in Janikhel area of Bannu on Friday night.

An official identified the martyred cops as Farmanullah, who was posted at the city police station, and Latif Khan, deployed at Bakkakhel police station.

He said the deceased policemen belonged to Janikhel town, adding their bodies were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for fulfilling medico-legal formalities.

The bodies were then shifted to the police lines, where their funeral prayers were offered.

Later, the martyred constables were laid to rest at the graveyards in their localities with official honour.

A contingent of police launched a search for the attackers, the official maintained.

Meanwhile, three people were killed over an old enmity in Qazi Dheri area of Lakki Marwat on Saturday.

Police said suspects -- Abdul Hakim, Abu Zahid and Nek Rehman -- attacked Tayyab Rehman and his colleagues when they were going home on a motorcycle.

They said Tayyab died on the spot, and his two colleagues -- Attaur Rehman and Bailan -- sustained injuries. They, however, succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital in Bannu. Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak police station registered a case.

Separately, electronic goods worth millions of rupees turned into ashes when a fire broke out in three shops at a commercial centre in Bannu city on Friday night. A rescue official said firefighters immediately responded when the control room received a call.

A police contingent and municipal workers also rushed to the spot to augment fire extinguishing efforts.

Owners of shops said the fire broke out due to an electricity short-circuit, inflicting a loss of Rs30 million on them.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2022