Police station targeted with quadcopter in KP's Lakki Marwat

Published June 23, 2026 Updated June 23, 2026 09:38am

LAKKI MARWAT: Terrorists carried out a quadcopter strike on Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak police station in Darra Pezu town here on Sunday night.

A police official said the explosion was heard in Pezu city, but it caused no casualties.

The official said the policemen deployed at the building remained unhurt. “The law enforcers also fired at the quadcopter, but it disappeared due to high altitude,” he said.

The official said a contingent immediately reached the police station and launched a search in the surrounding mountainous area for terrorists.

Meanwhile, in Karak district, a police official was injured when a patrol party was targeted with an improvised explosive device in the Darga Shaheedan area.

An official said DPO Imran Khan was leading the search-and-strike operation in the mountainous area when the explosion occurred. He said that an IED was planted by terrorists along the roadside to target law enforcement personnel. The official said the blast left SHO Banda Daud Shah police station injured.

After the explosion, the law enforcers arrested several suspects during a combing operation.

Published in Dawn, June 23rd, 2026

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