At least five laborers were killed on Thursday night when an under-construction police station was attacked in a rural area of South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Police said that late on Thursday night, one of the workers suffered injuries when unidentified attackers opened fire at the police station.
The police stated that the dead and the injured worker had been shifted to the Wana district hospital.
District Police Officer (DPO) Farmanullah stated that all details would be disclosed after the completion of the investigation into the incident. He further said that information on the firing incident cannot be released at this time.
On October 31, four laborers and a police officer were attacked by unknown attackers at a police station in the Nasirabad region of Turbat, Balochistan. The event was classified by the authorities as a terror incident.
An official stated that the workers were Mohammad Uzair, Baqar Ali, Shehbaz Ahmed, and Shehzad Ahmed and that they were from Punjab.
During the same month, gunmen in Turbat City attacked laborers during the night, leaving at least six dead and two injured.
The workers were ambushed by unknown shooters while they slept in a residence that was still under construction, according to the police.