LAKKI MARWAT: Three villagers were martyred and as many were injured when a group of terrorists attacked them near the Abdulkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Saturday.
A police official confirmed that the attack took place within the limits of Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan police station of Darra Pezu town.
He said based on initial information, the victims were on the way to their village from Shah Hasankhel when armed men opened fire on them.
He identified the slain villagers as Umair, Sadiq Amin and Alyian and said that the injured included Imdadullah, Asifullah and Ijaz Khan.
“The assailants escaped after the attack,” he said.
The bodies and the injured were taken to Government City Hospital.
A resident said that villagers, mostly young boys, had gone to Shah Hasankhel to watch a cricket match. He said that they were returning to their village in a rickshaw when armed men opened fire on them.
Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2026
