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Two passers-by killed in attack on security post in Dera Ismail Khan
[DAWN] Suspected gunnies attacked a police check-post in the Daraban area of Dera Ismail Khan... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... late on Friday night, leaving two passers-by dead and two others injured. Sources said that a group of 10 to 12 gunnies on cycle of violences opened fire on the post and fled. As a result, an employee of a nearby petrol filling station and another man passing by the area were killed. Two other passers-by suffered injuries, they said. The dear departed were identified as Samiullah and Naqibullah and the injured as Bangal, hailing from Quetta, and Peer Mohammad. They were taken to hospital. Security forces started a search in the area to track down the attackers. However, no arrests were made till filing of this report. On July 21, a suicide kaboom on a government-run hospital in Dera Ismail Khan followed hot on the heels of a gun assault on a check-post, where two constables were martyred. The bomber had detonated explosives strapped to his body at the entrance to the hospital where the two martyred constables had been shifted. Four coppers and three civilians had been killed in the suicide kaboom. Four bad boyz were potted during a search operation carried out by security forces in Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan on Aug 17. It may be mentioned that law enforcement agencies have long pointed to the presence and growing activities of gunnies in the Dera Ismail Khan district. Related: Suspected militants: 2017-03-15 3 teachers kidapped by militants in Balochistan Suspected militants: 2017-01-17 2 kops die in shooting in Quetta Suspected militants: 2016-12-13 Girl dies in IED attack in Waziristan Related: Dera Ismail Khan: 2019-08-18 Four ‘terrorists’ killed in search operation Dera Ismail Khan: 2019-07-22 6 policemen martyred in gun, bomb attack in DI Khan Dera Ismail Khan: 2019-05-24 Two more polio cases reported from KP Posted by: Fred 2019-08-26 |
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