One killed, 3 others injured in explosion in KP’s Lakki Marwat: police

A man was killed while three others were injured on Sunday when a vehicle belonging to a local political leader was caught in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, a police spokesperson said.

Khanzala Quraishi, spokesperson for the Bannu Regional Police Officer, told Dawn.com that the Chairman of the Betani Qaumi Tehreek, Inamullah Khan, was returning from a weekly protest in the Pul Ahmadzai area when his vehicle was hit by an IED planted on Tejori road.

“Inamullah survived the attack,” Quraishi said. “However, initial reports suggest that a man was killed and three others were injured in the incident.”

Quraishi said that a police team had been dispatched to the site of the incident and that a detailed report would be submitted.

In a video posted to Facebook, Imamullah can be seen appealing to the public to come out of their homes and “engage the attackers”, while gunfire can be heard in the background.

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