Cop martyred, another injured in attack on police in KP’s Tank district
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A policeman was martyred and another injured when unidentified assailants targeted law enforcers deployed at a hospital in Jandola, a merged tehsil of Tank district, police said on Friday. According to police, the attackers opened fire and hurled a hand grenade at the policemen stationed at the hospital’s entrance before fleeing the scene. Police personnel reached the site and…
In Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a police officer was killed and another injured during an attack on a hospital in Jandola, a merged tehsil. The assailants opened fire on the police stationed at the hospital entrance and threw a hand grenade before escaping. Police responded by launching a search operation in the area. The identities of the attackers remain unknown.
Earlier in the week, three traffic policemen were killed in an attack on their van in the Wazirabad Bazaar area of Tank district. The attackers took the police vehicle after the incident but later recovered it.
In July, 21 people, including 15 police officials, were killed when an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque in Kohat Police Lines. Terrorists subsequently stormed the mosque compound and attacked police facilities, resulting in the deaths of 12 soldiers, two policemen, and a government official.
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