Six policemen killed in Pakistani Taliban attack in northern Pakistan

November 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least six Pakistani policemen have died this Wednesday in an attack perpetrated by the armed group Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP), known as the Pakistani Taliban, against a patrol in the town of Lakki Marwat, in the Jíber Pajtunjua region (north).

According to information collected by the Pakistani television channel Geo TV, among the deceased is an assistant sub-inspector. The officers were conducting a routine patrol when they were shot by two attackers on a motorcycle.

The Pakistani Police have indicated that there is an operation underway to try to capture those responsible for the attack, while the TTP has claimed responsibility for the incident, as reported by the German news agency DPA.

For his part, the president of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, has “firmly” condemned the attack and has shown his “sorrow for the loss of precious lives in the terrorist incident.” Likewise, he has said that the sacrifices of the security forces in the “war against terrorism” are “unforgettable.”

Alvi has stressed that “these cowardly acts cannot shake the determination of the nation in the face of the threat of terrorism”, while Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has pointed out that “terrorists are enemies of Pakistan”, according to reported the state broadcaster Radio Pakistan.

In this sense, Sharif has paid tribute to the deceased and has outlined that “the whole nation salutes the children of the land who sacrificed their lives for the homeland”, before ordering the regional government to deliver compensation to the relatives of the agents killed in the attack.

The TTP, which differs from the Afghan Taliban in organizational matters but follows the same rigorous interpretation of Sunni Islam, brings together more than a dozen Islamist militant groups operating in Pakistan, where they have killed some 70,000 people in two decades of violence. .