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| Three coppers killed in Hangu |
| 2012-08-24 |
| PESHAWAR: Three policemen were killed in the militancy-hit Hangu district on Thursday in an attack, which the local police chief said “was carried out by terrorists”. Hangu District Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed Ahmed told reporters that a mobile van of police patrolling the highway linking the district with Orakzai and Kurram tribal regions was ambushed on Hangu-Thal Road. “The driver and two other cops were killed in the attack, which was premeditated,” the police officer was quoted as saying. He called the attack “a terrorist act”. “The ambush took place near Kotkai,” he added. A search operation had been launched in the area and police had arrested 10 suspects, the officer said. Police cordoned off the area after the attack. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. The district’s administration had deployed police to patrol the highway to guard against Taliban-led attacks on Shia commuters using the road to travel between Kurram and rest of the country. Hangu is gateway to Orakzai and Kurram tribal regions where Taliban and sectarian-linked violence has been disturbing peace for years and the district itself continues to suffer from sectarian strife. |
| Posted by:Steve White |