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| Policeman, two suspected militants killed in Peshawar gunfight |
| 2015-09-13 |
| [DAWN] Three people were killed and at least five others were maimed in a shootout in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. late Friday, police said. The festivities erupted when unknown gunnies fired at a police van patrolling the suburbs of Peshawar. "One policeman was killed while four others were maimed in an exchange of fire with bad boys. Two murderous Moslems were also killed in the fight," Rana Omer, a senior police official in Peshawar, told AFP. "The murderous Moslems fired at our mobile team which was on a routine patrol in Pushtakhara area at night. We responded to the gunfire and killed two attackers while one escaped after being maimed," he said. Another senior police official, Mubarak Zeb, confirmed the incident. Peshawar has suffered numerous Taliban attacks but it was not immediately clear that who was behind this ambush. |
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