Two police officers killed in suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle market on the ring road in the jurisdiction of Chamkani police station in Peshawar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the attack and sought a detailed report on the incident. The Prime Minister paid tribute to the two police officers killed in the explosion.
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Gandapur said, “Attacking the protectors of public life and property is a condemnable and cowardly act.” “These cowardly attacks will not demoralize the police,” he added. Pakistan witnessed a sharp rise in terrorist attacks in January 2025, up 42 percent compared to the previous month, according to data released by the Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), a think tank.