LAKKI MARWAT / NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Three policemen and a soldier were martyred and six wounded in Karak and North Waziristan over the past two days.
On Wednesday night, terrorists attacked a police post in Bahadarkhel area of Karak, a police official confirmed, adding that the assailants used light and heavy weapons during the attack.
He added that cops were deployed at the post located in the mountainous area on the Bannu-Hangu border. They “responded effectively and engaged the militants for two hours”.
According to the official, the assailants attacked from all sides, but their attempt to take over the post was thwarted.
He said reinforcements were dispatched to support the cops.
The official confirmed that three policemen lost their lives and identified as Constable Taimur Hayar and Driver Naqeeb from Karak and Constable Adnan from Mansehra.
Two of them belonged to the district police force and one from the Elite Force.
The injured were named as constables Saddam Asghar, Zainullah, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Saeed, Raja Junaid and Sana Mohammad. They were shifted to the DHQ Hospital Karak, from where three were referred to a hospital in Peshawar.
