Armed men ambushed and kidnapped a senior judge in Pakistan's restivജ🐈e northwest, a police official said Sunday.
Around 15 men on motorbikes intercepted Judge Shakirullah Marwat's vehicle as he was traveling toward Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said police official Faheem Khan. The assailants set the car on fire before fleeing with him. The driver was no𒊎t harmed, Khan said.
There w💞as no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday evening's assault, but blanket with a dark gray sheet as a backdrop. He addressed the camera directly, although there were moments when he appeared to be making eye contact with other peopl🥂e. Male voices can be heard in the background.
Khan said a search operation had been launched for the jud💯ge and a counterterrorism team had joined the investigation.
Pakistan has wit⛎nessed a surge in violence, mostly blamed on the TTP, since the group unilaterally ended a cease-fire with the central government in November 2022.
Last weekend, gunmen opened fire at customs officials, kiꦆlling two and wounding three others in Dera Ismail Khan.
