PESHAWAR: Five policemen were among eight people injured after unidentified assailants attacked a police vehicle and a Rescue 1122 ambulance in two separate areas of Khar tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Friday night.
Police and Rescue 1122 officials said on Saturday that the first incident occurred in the Lowi Sam area when assailants opened fire on a police mobile carrying personnel to the nearby Miagano post.
They said five policemen in the vehicle were injured in the attack, adding that the attackers managed to flee the scene.
“The overnight attack on the police vehicle in the Lowi Sam area, considered among the peaceful parts of Khar tehsil, has left five policemen non-fatally wounded,” a spokesperson for the district police said.
The official added that following the incident, a team from the Lowi Sam police station immediately rushed to the scene and launched a search operation for the attackers.
The police spokesperson further said that a Rescue 1122 ambulance was also targeted by unknown assailants in Khar’s Rashakai area while it was en route to Lowi Sam to transport the injured policemen to the Khar District Headquarters Hospital for treatment.
According to the official, the second attack occurred around 20 minutes after the Lowi Sam incident and left three people injured, including the ambulance driver and two local residents.
A contingent of police personnel, led by senior officials from the Police Lines, quickly reached the area, cordoned off the site, and initiated a search operation against those involved in the ambush, he added.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, which spread fear among residents of the affected localities.
PTI MPA Dr Hamidur Rehman and Awami National Party (ANP) MPA Muhammad Nisar Baz Khan, among others, strongly condemned the attacks, terming them unacceptable.
In social media posts, both lawmakers expressed concern over the incidents and prayed for the early recovery of all the injured.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has witnessed a rise in terrorist attacks over the past year. According to the Annual Security Report 2025 by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), fatalities increased from 1,620 in 2024 to 2,331 in 2025.
On Thursday night, terrorists blew up an abandoned police post in Lowi Mamund tehsil of Bajaur.
On Tuesday night, a mortar shell fired from the Afghan side hit a house in Lowi Mamund; however, no casualties were reported.
Last week, a policeman was injured after unidentified armed men attacked a police post in War Mamund tehsil.