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Two Policemen Killed in Attack on Patrol in SwabiPakistan
A night patrol in Swabi’s Gohati area came under fire, leaving two officers dead and a third fighting for his life — the second deadly attack on KP police on Wednesday.
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Two policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, were killed when gunmen opened fire on a patrolling party in Swabi district on Wednesday night, police said. A third policeman was critically injured in the attack.
District Police Officer Waqas Rafiq told the media that the patrolling party came under fire in the Gohati area of Swabi, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said another policeman was critically injured and was receiving treatment.
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Police said Assistant Sub-Inspector Walid Khan, who was in charge of the Mansori police post, and Constable Zulfiqar were killed on the spot. Head Constable Shahid Khan, 28, was critically injured in the firing.
Constable Nawab Ali said police received information that ASI Walid Khan and his team had come under attack while on patrol. Police from the nearby station reached the scene and found Head Constable Shahid injured.
In his statement to police, Shahid said that when the patrolling party reached India Cham in the Gohati area, ASI Walid was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle while he and other policemen were seated in the back. He said they spotted three armed suspects carrying Kalashnikovs and pistols in the vehicle’s headlights, and the suspects were reportedly residents of the area.
Shahid said the police party got out of the vehicle and attempted to arrest the suspects, but the suspects tried to escape and opened fire. ASI Walid and Constable Zulfiqar were killed on the spot, and Shahid was critically injured, he said.
The funeral prayers of ASI Walid and Constable Zulfiqar were offered with full official honours at Police Lines, Shahmansoor, in Swabi on Wednesday. Mardan Regional Police Officer Qasim Ali Khan, DPO Waqas Rafiq, other police officials and relatives of the deceased attended the funeral prayers.
The attack came on the same day 10 police personnel were killed in an ambush in Kohat district, when a police team returning from an operation against illegal gold mining came under attack. Police said 18 militants were killed in the ensuing gun battle.
In a separate incident on Wednesday night, attackers rammed an explosives-laden pickup into the main gate of the Bandkorai Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan, triggering a powerful blast followed by intense gunfire. Police said prompt retaliatory fire prevented the attackers from entering the station and forced them to flee. All police personnel inside the station remained safe and no casualties were reported.
Police said the blast destroyed the station’s main gate and brought down part of its boundary wall. A nearby mosque was also destroyed, while several houses in the surrounding area were damaged and their windowpanes shattered. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down the attackers.
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