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| Five policemen martyred in D.I. Khan attack |
| 2022-04-12 |
| [Dawn] Five coppers were martyred and four others injured, including a senior officer, in a terrorist attack in the Kulachi area here on Monday night. Dera Ismail Khan is the name of a city and its surrounding district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. It is home to Balochi and Pashtun tribesmen, so the terrorists are likely to be Balochs or Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Gandapur group). District police front man said Kulachi DSP Fazal Subhan and his squad were patrolling Chowk Yaadgar on a police van when they were attacked by unknown He said five constables, including the driver of the van, were martyred in the attack, while DSP Subhan was injured. The police personnel martyred in the attack were identified as Elite Force head constable Kamran, Niaz Ali, Munawar, Jamshed and driver Abdul Rehman. The injured included Imran, Jamshed and Yahya bin Akbar. There was also an exchaÂnÂÂge of fire between the police and terrorists, but the latter took advantage of the darkness and managed to escape. D.I. Khan regional police chief Shaukat Abbas, while confirming the incident, said the van was destroyed in the attack. |
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