Three policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent Police, have been martyred and another has been injured in two different firing incidents in Laki Marwat and Bannu districts.
In Laki Marwat, DSP Gul Muhammad Khan along with his gunman was martyred while another constable injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on their van in Manjiwala area.
In another firing incident, a police constable was martyred by firing of unknown assailants in district Bannu.
The funeral prayers of the martyred policemen were offered at Police lines in Bannu today.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Police personnel in Lakki Marwat.
In his condolence message, he commiserated with the bereaved families and prayed for the higher ranks of the departed souls of Shaheed DSP Gull Muhammad Khan, Constable Naseem Gull and others.
The Prime Minister said that cowardly acts of terrorists cannot shake our resolve as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police always stood like a leaden wall against terrorism.
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ource: Radio Pakistan