Terrorists killed, cop injured in attack on police van in Kohat
Pakistan
The incident took place in Shadipur area of the city
KOHAR (Dunya News) – A policeman was injured after terrorists attacked a police van with hand grenade in Kohat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The incident took place in Shadipur area of the city. However a militant was killed in retaliatory firing and several others were arrested.
Police have recovered a hand grenade and weapons from their possession.
Authorities said the police van was damaged in the attack, adding that a search operation has also been launched in the area.
Last week, security forces on Saturday eliminated 15 terrorists in two intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
On the reported presence of terrorists, an IBO was conducted by the forces in Dera Ismail Khan's Hathala area. During the conduct of operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists location and resultantly, nine of them including their ringleaders HVT Farman aka Saqib, Amanullah alias Toori, Saeed aka Liaqat and Bilal were killed.
The terrorists were involved in numerous activities in the area and were highly wanted by the law-enforcement agencies.
In another operation conducted in North Waziristan's Miranshah, six terrorists were effectively neutralised by the security forces.
However, during intense fire exchange, Lt Muhammad Hassaan Ashraf (age: 21 years, resident of District Lahore) leading his troops from front, fought gallantly and embraced martyrdom along with his three men.
