LAKKI MARWAT, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - At least seven people, including two traffic police personnel and a woman, were killed and 35 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden auto-rickshaw in a crowded market area in Lakki Marwat district on Tuesday, police officials confirmed .
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The attack occurred at Phattak Chowk in Naurang Bazar, a commercial hub in the district, at approximately 10:30 AM local time. The bomber targeted a vehicle carrying security personnel, according to initial police investigations .
The deceased include two traffic police officials and a woman, while 35 others sustained injuries of varying severity. Several critically injured individuals were transferred to hospitals in Bannu and Peshawar for specialized treatment .
An emergency was declared at Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Sarai Naurang, with Rescue 1122 spokesperson Shahdab Khan confirming that multiple ambulances and rescue teams were dispatched to the site for relief operations .
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Suhail Afridi took immediate notice of the blast and directed the Inspector General of Police to submit a detailed report. "We stand with the bereaved families in this difficult time, and the provincial government will extend all possible support to them," the Chief Minister stated .
This attack follows a major suicide bombing in Bannu district just days earlier, where at least 15 police personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police installation on Saturday night. That attack, which occurred at 8:55 PM local time, involved between 1,200 to 1,500 kilograms of explosives, according to bomb disposal officials .
A militant group calling itself Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP) - claiming to be a splinter faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - has claimed responsibility for the Bannu attack .
Pakistan has witnessed a significant surge in militant violence in its northwestern regions bordering Afghanistan in recent months, with security personnel and law enforcement agencies being primary targets . The government has repeatedly accused the Afghan Taliban regime of providing sanctuaries to TTP militants, a charge Kabul denies .
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have condemned the attacks, expressing condolences to the victims' families. Zardari vowed that militants finding safe havens in neighboring Afghanistan and their facilitators would be targeted .
