Overview
- An improvised explosive device destroyed a police armoured vehicle near Adam Sawa in Tank’s Gomal area, killing seven officers including SHO Ishaq, according to district officials.
- Police sealed the area, opened an investigation, and later held funerals with full honors as senior leaders offered condolences and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
- A separate roadside bomb in Lakki Marwat injured an SHO and two other officers, while gunmen killed an Elite Force constable and his cousin in Dera Ismail Khan.
- Earlier operations by KP police and the CTD killed eight militants in Bannu, Khyber and Zahir Garhi, with weapons recovered and two Bannu suspects identified as Sohail alias Sangari and Ismail alias Usman.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the Tank blast, though officials and recent reporting note the Pakistani Taliban’s intensified activity since 2021 and ongoing cross‑border security strains.