SWABI: Two policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), were martyred when three suspects opened fire on a patrolling party on Wednesday night, District Police Officer Waqas Rafiq told journalists.
He said that another policeman was critically injured in the attack.
Constable Nawab Ali said that police received information that ASI Walid Khan, who was head of Mansori police post, and his team had come under attack while patrolling the area. The nearby police station was subsequently informed, and personnel reached the scene, where they found head constable Shahid Khan injured.
In his statement to the police, Shahid said when the patrolling party reached India Cham in Gohati area, they spotted three armed suspects carrying Kalashnikovs and pistols, whom they identified in the vehicle’s headlights. The suspects are reportedly all residents of the area.
“We got out of the vehicle,” Shahid said. The police party attempted to arrest the suspects, but they opened fire on it in an attempt to escape, killing ASI Walid and constable Zulfiqar on the spot and critically injuring Shahid.
In a separate incident, terrorists attacked Bandkorai police station in Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday night by ramming an explosives-laden pickup vehicle into its main gate, triggering a powerful blast followed by intense gunfire. However, prompt retaliatory fire by police personnel prevented the attackers from entering the police station, forcing them to flee.
All police personnel present inside the station remained safe.
The powerful blast destroyed the station’s main gate and brought down part of its boundary wall. — Dawn Report