PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a police patrol in northwest Pakistan last night, a senior official said on Thursday, killing three policemen and wounding another before escaping.
The assault occurred in Banda Dawood Shah, in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, an area close to Bannu that has long been prone to militant violence.
Bannu itself was the scene of a major attack earlier this week, when six security personnel and six militants were killed in an hours-long battle at a paramilitary Frontier Constabulary base after a suicide bomber rammed the compound.
“The attackers, who were lying in ambush, suddenly opened fire on the police party at around 9:30 p.m. [on Wednesday],” said Shaukat Khan, spokesperson for Karak district police.
“Inspector Umar Niaz and two other policemen succumbed to their injuries on the spot, while one personnel was critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital,” he added.
