{"id":45721,"date":"2024-01-09T11:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/death-toll-from-bajaur-attack-rises-to-7-fir-registered-against-unidentified-assailants\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:20:05","slug":"death-toll-from-bajaur-attack-rises-to-7-fir-registered-against-unidentified-assailants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/death-toll-from-bajaur-attack-rises-to-7-fir-registered-against-unidentified-assailants\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from Bajaur attack rises to 7; FIR registered against unidentified assailants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The death toll from the attack<\/a> on a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Bajaur rose to seven on Tuesday as the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) registered a first information report (FIR) against unidentified assailants, police said.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, a vehicle carrying police personnel in the Mamond tehsil for escorting vaccinators came under attack. Five policemen died on the spot while another one succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Peshawar, police spokesman Israr Khan told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Following the attack \u2014 which was claimed by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan \u2014 the polio reduction campaign was postponed in the area.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Dawn.com<\/em> today, the Bajaur police spokesman said that another cop had succumbed to his injuries at Peshawar\u2019s Lady Reading Hospital.<\/p>\n

The official said nine more wounded persons were being treated at the facility, of which three were in critical condition.<\/p>\n

He further said that a case had been lodged at Bajaur\u2019s CTD police station against unknown culprits, adding that the funeral prayers of the slain cops were offered in their hometowns.<\/p>\n

Political parties in Bajaur have called off election campaigns in the area for three days. They have also decided against holding any poll-related events until Jan 10 to express solidarity with the victims and their families.<\/p>\n

Separately, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), KP police said security for anti-polio campaigns across the province had been beefed up.<\/p>\n

Rise in terror attacks<\/h2>\n

The Bajaur attack comes as Pakistan reels from a spike in terror attacks, particularly in KP and Balochistan, after the TTP ended<\/a> its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, the military\u2019s media wing said a soldier was martyred<\/a> in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the North Waziristan district.<\/p>\n

In the deadliest attack<\/a> on security forces in the outgoing year, at least 23 Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and more than 30 troops wounded on Dec 12 after militants belonging to the Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan stormed a compound used by the military in Dera Ismail Khan\u2019s Daraban area.<\/p>\n

According to an annual security report<\/a> issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations in 2023 \u2014 marking a record six-year high.<\/p>\n

KP and Balochistan provinces were the primary centres of violence, accounting for over 90 per cent of all fatalities and 84pc of attacks, including incidents of terrorism and security forces operations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The death toll from the attack on a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Bajaur rose to seven on Tuesday as the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) registered a first information report (FIR) against unidentified assailants, police said. A day earlier, a vehicle carrying police personnel in the Mamond tehsil for escorting vaccinators came under attack. Five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/091447109221f5f.jpg?r=144725","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t