Overview
- Police say gunmen opened fire on a patrol vehicle in Karak’s Aman Kot/Garagri Banda area and then set it ablaze.
- The slain officers were identified as constables Shahid Iqbal, Safdar, Arif, Samiullah and Muhammad Abrar.
- District Police Officer Saud Khan said the van was on routine duty; the area was sealed for evidence collection and a formal inquiry is underway.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and some reports say an IED may have hit the vehicle before the shooting, a detail not yet confirmed.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi condemned the killings, which follow a broader rise in attacks on security forces in the province.