World News | Pak: Two policemen dead, another wounded after terrorists attack Khyber Pakhtunkhwa checkpoint

Islamabad [Pakistan]Jan 22 (ANI): Two policemen were killed and another was injured after terrorists attacked a checkpoint in Dheri Zardad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, international news reported.

Three police officers were injured after terrorists opened fire on the checkpoint. The injured policeman was taken to the district headquarters hospital in Charsada. However, two of them succumbed to their injuries.

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The slain police officers were identified as officers Imran and Munir. The third injured policeman was taken to a hospital in Peshawar in an unstable condition, according to news reports. Regional police officer Sohail Khaled said the terrorists fled the scene after police officers retaliated.

A terrorist was also wounded in the retaliatory fire, Khaled said. He said that a large number of police arrived at the scene and launched a search operation to find the terrorists and their accomplices.

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Meanwhile, according to international news reports, the residence of an employee of the counter-terrorism unit in the Pakistani village of Kajawala was hit with a grenade, but no one was injured. A building and a motor rickshaw were damaged in the attack.

Two police officers and a cook were killed in a terrorist attack on a police checkpoint in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province earlier on Thursday, according to international news reports.

According to international news reports, two police officers named Manzoor Shah and Younis Khan were killed in the attack, and a cook at the checkpoint, identified as Rafiq, was taken to Peshawar Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The report quoted local police as saying that the police station was set on fire after terrorists opened fire on the checkpoint in Tekhtabag in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and used explosive materials in the attack.

Jamrud SHO Shah Khalid told reporters that the suicide bomber entered the checkpoint and blew himself up, according to news reports. Khaled said police opened fire on the target after seeing the suicide bomber. (Arnie)

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