A Superintendent of Police (SP) Elite Force Bannu Hairul Haseeb was killed on last Saturday in Saleem Khan area of Swabi district. According to District Police Officer Swabi Sajjad Khan, Hairul Haseeb was on his way to home from a mosque after offering morning prayers when unidentified gunmen on motorcycle opened fire and killed him.
SP Hairul Haseeb was a retired army officer and posted as SP Bannu of Elite Police. He had come to his hometown to celebrate Eid. The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. Police reached the site of attack and launched a probe into the incident. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack on SP Haseeb. He offered his condolences to the slain police official's family and expressed government's resolve to eliminate the menace of terrorism and extremism from the country.