Three Security Personnel Killed in Two Bannu Attacks

The killings highlight a surge in militant violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa blamed by officials on the banned TTP.

Overview

Police in Bannu, which reported two shootings Monday, said three security personnel were killed in separate incidents in the district.
In Baka Khel, gunmen opened fire outside a National Database and Registration Authority office, the national ID agency, killing Constable Rafiullah and security guard Gul Shah Noor.
In a separate attack near the Miryan Kinger police station, unidentified assailants shot dead Constable Sher Muhammad, and police began a district-wide search with new checkpoints.
Heavy contingents secured both scenes as Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, and Chief Minister Sohail Afridi condemned the killings and honored the dead as martyrs.
Officials tie the violence to a broader upswing they attribute to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, noting a recent failed car-bombing near Domel police station and that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 3,811 of 5,397 terror incidents nationwide last year.