Gunfire, explosions heard in Lakki Marwat
Pakistan
Security was tightened across the district after the attack.
LAKKI MARWAT (Web Desk) - There were multiple attacks, suspected to be terror incidents, reported from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on Thursday night.
In Lakki Marwat city, a powerful explosion occurred near the Government Postgraduate College which houses security forces and a military camp. After the first explosion, several other blasts and heavy gunfire followed, partially damaging houses in the settled area, said locals.
According to preliminary reports, militants attacked a military compound late at night, resulting in a bomb explosion and gunfight that continued for about an hour. The district headquarters hospital was put on alert but no victims had been brought. The exchange of fire stopped and no casualties were reported.
Security was tightened across the district after the attack. However, there was no official statement about the incidents or the number of casualties.
The attack followed the killing of three militants who targeted a retired colonel in his guest room on April 24 in the Paharakhel Thall village of Lakki Marwat. A CTD inspector, Javed Iqbal, who was injured in the exchange of fire, later died in a hospital in Bannu.
