Peshawar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead three traffic police personnel in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a police official said on Sunday amid a surge in militant attacks in the province.
The attack took place in KP’s restive Lakki Marwat district on Sunday at 9:40 am within the jurisdiction of the Sarai Naurang police station, District Police Officer (DPO) Nazir Khan said.
“The assailants fired indiscriminately at the traffic police [personnel], killing Traffic Police In-charge Jalal Khan and constables Azizullah and Abdullah at the scene,” Khan told Arab News.
He said a large-scale search operation has been launched in the surrounding rugged terrain to track down the attackers.
KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi strongly condemned the killings, referring to the incident as “deeply tragic.”
