{
  "id": 11428304,
  "title": "Policeman martyred, another injured in attack on police in KP’s Tank district",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/policeman-martyred-another-injured-in-attack-on-police-in-kps-tank",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:41:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2034246/policeman-martyred-another-injured-in-attack-on-police-in-kps-tank-district"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Tank district's Jandola tehsil, a police officer was killed and another injured when unidentified assailants attacked law enforcers at a hospital, police reported on Friday. The attackers fired upon the policemen stationed at the hospital entrance and hurled a hand grenade before escaping the scene. Police personnel responded to the incident and initiated a search operation in the vicinity. However, the identities of the assailants and the motive behind the attack remained unclear at the time of reporting. Earlier in the week, three traffic policemen were killed when armed men opened fire on their mobile van in Tank district's Wazirabad Bazaar area. The attackers also seized the traffic police vehicle following the incident, though it was later recovered. This month, at least 21 individuals, comprising 15 police officials, were killed when an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque in Kohat Police Lines, followed by a terrorist assault on the compound. On July 26, an attack on a joint police checkpost in Tank district claimed 15 lives, including 14 security personnel, soldiers, a police officer and a government official.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Policeman killed, another injured in Tank district attack",
    "Assailants fired and hurled grenade at police station",
    "Search operation launched, attackers' motives unclear"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Policeman martyred, another injured in attack on police in KP’s Tank district",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/policeman-martyred-another-injured-in-attack-on-police-in-kps-tank-11430424",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:41:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}