Terrorist plot to blow up bridge in Bannu foiled

Terrorist plot to blow up bridge in Bannu foiled

A terrorist plot to blow up a bridge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district was foiled on Saturday. According to an official statement from KP police, terrorists attempted to blow up Dawa bridge in Bannu’s Basia Khel area using an improvised explosive device (IED). It said that the plot was thwarted due to timely action by the Bannu police bomb disposal squad. It said that the terrorists had attached the IED, a bucket full of 8-10 kilogrammes of…

All terror attacks thwarted in Bannu region, confirms RPO Sajjad Khan

The Bannu region has successfully foiled all terrorist attacks, the Regional Police Officer (RPO) Bannu confirmed while validating a revealing security report. According to details, a comprehensive report on terrorism and police operations in the Bannu region has been released. It states that since 28 August 2025, all attempted attacks in the region have been thwarted. The counter-terror operations were supervised by RPO Sajjad Khan. The report …

Bannu Police Thwart major blast attempt, bridge saved from destruction

BANNU: A major tragedy was prevented on Saturday when police in Bannu successfully neutralised an explosive device planted to blow up a key bridge near Basia Khel. A team from the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) safely defused the improvised explosive device, which officials said contained between eight and ten kilograms of explosives. The device had been fixed to the central pillar of the structure, posing a serious threat to the area’s infrastructur…

Police foil terror plot to blow up bridge in Bannu

BANNU: A major terrorist attempt to destroy a bridge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district was stopped on Saturday after police discovered and defused an explosive device in time. According to a statement issued by KP police, terrorists had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the central pillar of the Dawa Bridge in the Basia Khel area. The IED was a bucket filled with 8–10 kilograms of explosives. The police bomb disposal squad rea…