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Bannu Police Repel Domel Ambush, Killing Two Militants

Officials pledged sustained search operations following a spate of attacks in the district.

Overview

  • A Domel police mobile on routine patrol near Company Road came under fire from militants lying in wait, triggering an exchange that lasted about 20 minutes.
  • Reinforcements from the Quick Response Force, Rapid Response Force, and an armoured personnel carrier reached the scene, and two attackers were killed.
  • Weapons were recovered from the dead, the bodies were moved to Khaleefa Gul Nawaz Hospital for legal formalities, and the area remains under cordon for search and clearance.
  • Police identified the attackers as members of the group known locally as Fitna-al-Khawarij, as senior officers praised the response and vowed a zero‑tolerance approach.
  • Separately, the Bomb Disposal Squad defused a remote‑controlled IED on Eidgah Road, a development that followed the targeted killing of a local peace committee member in Domel a day earlier.