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Seven policemen shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: Gunmen killed seven police in an ambush attack in the Taliban-plagued northwest, officials said on Saturday. The target of the late Friday attack was top police officer Dilawar Bangash who survived with minor injuries, two officials said. Bangash was heading from the regions main city of Peshawar to the garrison town of Kohat near the lawless tribal region when the attack occurred. More than a dozen gunmen opened fire from both sides of the road as Bangashs vehicle, which was escorted by another police van, crossed the militant infested town of Mattani, senior police official Shafiullah Khan said. Militants who were armed with light and heavy weapons opened fire, killing six police officials in the lead police van, Khan said. Three others were wounded, including Bangash, who was travelling in the other vehicle. The gunmen also attacked a police rescue team, killing one policeman and wounding two more, he said. The firing was sudden and intense, the exchange of gunfire continued for quite sometime, but Allah saved my life, Bangash told AFP.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is on the frontline of a nearly seven-year Taliban insurgency and borders the semi-autonomous tribal belt where Pakistani troops are fighting against home-grown militants. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Posted by: Steve White 2013-05-26 |
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