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BAJAUR: An additional station house officer was martyred after terrorists attacked a police station in the War Mamund tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Bajaur district on Saturday night, officials said.<\/p>\n
According to a police statement, a group of terrorists attacked the police station using both light and heavy weapons. They added that personnel deployed at the station quickly acted and repelled the assault.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police personnel successfully foiled the overnight attack of militants at the War Mamund station, but Additional SHO Gul Mahmood Din was martyred after fighting bravely,\u201d said a senior police official who visited the area on Sunday morning with his team.<\/p>\n
The official told Dawn<\/em> that all the other station personnel were safe and secure following the attack.<\/p>\n Attacks on police personnel, law enforcement agencies, and security forces have escalated across KP and Balochistan, especially after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a ceasefire agreement with the government in November 2022.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, at least four policemen, including an SHO, were martyred <\/a>as armed terrorists attacked a police party in Paniala\u2019s Wanda Budh area in Dera Ismail Khan, police said.<\/p>\n According to a police statement, the incident occurred as the police party was returning after a search operation. Militants hiding in nearby forests opened fire on them, prompting the officers to return fire.<\/p>\n Four policemen were martyred in the attack, and there were reports of as many militants being killed in the exchange of fire.<\/p>\n Separately, in the Kardok area of Bajaur\u2019s Salarzai tehsil, an unexploded mortar shell detonated on Sunday afternoon, killing a child and injuring eight other people, including a woman.<\/p>\n According to initial reports and rescue sources, eight children and one woman were injured in the incident and were moved to Khar Hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n Rescue 1122 spokesperson Riaz Ahmed Khan told Dawn<\/em> that one of the children succumbed to their injuries, while four of the injured were referred to a Peshawar hospital for \u201cadvanced treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n Preliminary information suggested that the children found an unexploded mortar shell and brought it home. The shell later exploded, injuring nine people at the house.<\/p>\n An initial investigation indicated that the incident was accidental in nature, but an investigation was launched. Local administration and security agencies cordoned off the area and began collecting evidence.<\/p>\n Last September, at least four teenagers were killed, and two other people were injured when a mortar shell exploded<\/a> in a field in Bajaur, according to police officials.<\/p>\n Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafiq told Dawn<\/em> about the incident and said that the dead and injured were transported to Khar Hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cInitial reports suggest that a mortar shell exploded in the field, killing the young men,\u201d he said, adding that the deceased ranged in age between 13 and 18.<\/p>\n<\/a>1 killed, 8 injured as mortar shell explodes<\/h2>\n