LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred and another sustained bullet injuries when unknown armed men targeted a police patrol party in the Shatakai dam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district late on Tuesday night.
The district police officer’s (DPO) spokesperson, Shaukat Khan, said in a statement that the police party was on routine patrol duty in the area within the limits of Sabirabad Police Station when the attack took place.
He said that Constable Zafran lost his life in the attack while Constable Muhammad Imtiaz was seriously wounded.
The official said that the body and the injured cop were transferred to a hospital.
Following the attack, a large contingent of police led by DPO Imran Khan reached the spot, surrounded the entire area, and launched a search for the assailants, the spokesman said, adding that additional force was also deployed at various points to keep track of the movements of suspicious persons and foil any bid by attackers to flee.
