Three policemen were injured when suspected Taliban lobbed a grenade at a police party that had foiled an attempt by Mehsud militants to steal a fire-brigade vehicle, district administration officials said on Monday.The incident took place in heart of Tank city on Monday, eyewitnesses told Daily Times. “The Taliban militants wanted the police to show them a dead body which they suspected to be a comrade who was killed while attempting to take a fire brigade vehicle to South Waziristan,” the officials said.
The police party was returning after stopping the militants who wanted to take the vehicle. “We killed one militant and arrested another while their third accomplice escaped after they were challenged at a check-post,” the officials said. On their way back to Tank city, a group of Taliban militants stopped the police party near the office of the political agent, demanding to see the dead body.
After the police refused, the Taliban militants lobbed a grenade at them. One wounded cop was transported to Dera Ismail Khan city for treatment, while the other two were treated in Tank city. All three were said to be in stable condition. In North Waziristan, unidentified militants up a tribal police picket late on Sunday evening, administration sources said on Monday.
No casualties were reported. “The Khasadar picket was blown up near Eiduck village, 15 kilometres east of Miranshah,” the sources added. Before the attack, the suspected militants warned tribal police to leave the place.