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| Five security personnel killed in attack on checkpost |
| 2010-03-18 |
| PESHAWAR: Five security personnel were killed and one injured when dozens of terrorists stormed a checkpost on Peshawar's boundary with the Khyber tribal area, a security official said on Wednesday. The official said that a security post, jointly manned by the Frontier Constabulary and the Peshawar Police, came under attack from terrorists late on Tuesday night. “The militants killed three men of the Frontier Constabulary, including a hawaldar, and two police constables,' said Senior Superintendent of Police Sher Akbar, adding that the identities of the attackers were not known. According to official sources, security forces had picked up a police constable, who was on duty at the post, for questioning. |
| Posted by:Steve White |