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3 policemen martyred in militant attack on Gilgit-Baltistan checkpost
[DAWN] At least three coppers were martyred and two others sustained injuries when unidentified button men opened fire on a police checkpost in Kargah Nala area of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) early on Saturday, police said.Five or six snuffies attacked the Kargah Police Checkpost in Joot area, some 40 kilometres from Gilgit, at around 5am, Superintendent of Police (SP) Gilgit Tanvirul Hassan told DawnNewsTV. Twelve police personnel were present at the checkpost at the time of the attack. Three foot constables (FC), namely Nawaz, Fazal and Wakeel were martyred in the firing. FC Zeshan and FC Zia were maimed and were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Gilgit for medical attention. According to SP Hassan, one of the assailants was killed, and another injured in retaliatory fire by the police. The rest of the attackers expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after dropping their weapons. According to Deputy Inspector General Gohar Nafees the assailant killed in the encounter, known as Commander Khalil, had a bounty of Rs3 million on his head. He was nominated in multiple cases related to terrorism, including the murder of nine foreign tourists in Nanga Parbat in 2013. He was also suspected of being involved in the murder of three security officials in Chilas in 2013. A second attacker, identified as Commander Umar is injured, police say. Both the attackers belonged to Diamer. Posted by: Fred 2018-08-12 |
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