PESHAWAR: Police in Peshawar successfully thwarted two separate terrorist attacks on police stations in the city and its outskirts on Wednesday night, officials said. The coordinated attempts, which involved both indirect fire and a ground assault, were repelled without any reported casualties among law enforcement personnel.
According to police officials, the first attack occurred in the Nasir Bagh area. Terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the banned Pakistani Taliban TTP Fitna al-Khwarij’, targeted a police station by launching a rocket. The rocket strike was followed by a barrage of heavy firing aimed at the facility. Police personnel stationed there responded immediately, returning fire and effectively neutralizing the attack. The exchange of fire lasted for several minutes, forcing the attackers to retreat.
In a separate incident on the same evening, a group of militants attempted a physical raid on a police station in Mattani, located on the outskirts of Peshawar. The attackers approached the station with the intent to storm the premises but were met with stiff resistance from the police contingent on duty. Security forces repelled the attempted raid, forcing the assailants to flee the scene.
Senior police officials confirmed that both attacks were successfully repulsed. “Our personnel displayed great courage and professionalism in responding to both threats,” a police spokesperson said. “Security has been heightened in and around the city, and a search operation has been launched in the Mattani and Nasir Bagh areas to track down the fleeing terrorists.”
