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Eight freed after militants take PAEC men hostage in Lakki
Ghulam Mursalin MarwatJanuary 10, 2025
• 3 injured shifted to DHQ; rescue operation underway to recover remaining abductees
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LAKKI MARWAT: At least 17 private workers of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), along with their driver, were kidnapped by armed militants on Thursday while travelling along the Lakki-Darra Tang Road.
A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the abduction and said that a rescue operation was immediately launched after the incident. “Eight workers have been recovered so far, including one who was injured,” the official said.
Another official said that there were three injured workers and that they had been shifted to the district headquarters hospital.
Sources said the private PAEC workers were on their way to a project site in the Qaboolkhel area of the district when their private coach was intercepted by armed assailants near Wanda Painda Khan.
The kidnappers took the hostages to an undisclosed location, later abandoning and setting fire to the coach in a forested area along the Kurram River.
Hours after the incident, videos purportedly showing the abducted workers surfaced on social media, with the workers appealing to the government to meet the militants’ demands to secure their release.
