At least four Policemen were shot dead when unidentified assailants sprayed their vehicle with bullets in Lakki town of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the night of October 26, reports Dawn. According to Police officials, the Policemen were patrolling in a van near a local hotel, located around six kilometres off Lakki town when unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle waylaid them and opened fire. As a result, the four Policemen in the vehicle died on the spot.
Separately, two soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with terrorists attempting to cross the fence along the Pak-Afghan border into Kurram District on October 27, reports Dawn. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), terrorists from inside Afghanistan attempted to infiltrate into Pakistan in the night. The dead soldiers were identified as 24-year-old Lance Naik Asad, a resident of Kurram, and 21-year-old Sepoy Asif, a resident of Lakki Marwat.