3 policemen martyred in DI Khan police station attack

A policeman stands guard in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. — PPI/File

DI KHAN: At least three policemen embraced martyrdom and 16 were injured on Tuesday after terrorists attacked the Daraban police station with explosives in Dera Ismail Khan, police told Geo News.

The police also gunned down two terrorists in retaliation following the attack.

According to the police, the terrorists hit an explosive-laden car at the main gate of the police station in an armed attack targeting the law enforcers.

They added that the police station's roof collapsed in the wake of the attack, while the terrorists tried to enter the premises.

The injured were shifted to Dera Ismail Khan Hospital, police said, adding that the Daraban Tehsil has been completely cordoned off.

470 people killed 1,050 terror attacks

The outgoing year witnessed an alarming rise in terror-related incidents in the country in general and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular as at least 470 security personnel and civilians were killed in the province, so for.

According to statistics available with Geo News, 470 people were killed in 1,050 terror-related incidents in one year alone.

As per the record of the provincial home department and tribal affairs, 698 security personnel and citizens were killed in 1,823 terror-related incidents during the past three years.

Seven areas along the Pak-Afghan border in KP remained “terrorism hotspots” during the outgoing year. The areas include Peshawar, Khyber, North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Dera Ismail Khan, Bajaur and Tank.

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