WORLD NEWS | Pakistan: 3 policemen killed in shootout with terrorists in Peshawar

Peshawar [Pakistan]Jan 14 (ANI): At least three police officers including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Peshawar on Saturday, ARY News reported.

The assailants attacked the police station in the Sarband area of ​​Peshawar with long-range rifles and grenades in the early hours of the morning, ARY News reported.

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The deceased were identified as DSP Badaber Sardar Hussain, Irshad and Jehanzeb, ARY News reported.

Police Operations Senior Superintendent Kashif Aftab Abbasi confirmed the attack on the Sarband police station.

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“Terrorists attacked the police station from both sides with grenades and sniper rifles equipped with night-vision goggles,” he said, according to local media.

According to SSP operations, 14 police officers were present at the police station when the attack occurred, and at least six to eight terrorists were involved in the attack. However, the attacker then fled the scene.

At least six policemen were killed in a similar attack in the Lakki Marwat district of the Wanda Shahab Khel community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on November 16, ARY News reported.

With the rise of the TTP in Pakistan, attacks on security personnel and bombings across the country have become commonplace. (Arnie)

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