PESHAWAR: Three police personnel were martyred when unidentified gunmen attacked a police check post in Akora Khattak area of Nowshera district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, Rescue 1122 said.
It said that the rescue teams rushed to the crime scene as soon as they received the information about the incident. The martyred policemen were identified as Manzoor, Constable Amanullah and van driver Ayaz.
The rescue teams shifted all the martyred police personnel to District Headquarter Hospital in ambulances.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has accepted responsibility for the attack.
Meanwhile, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has taken notice of the incident and sought report from IG Police. “The incident is very tragic. The sacrifice of the martyrs will not go in vain,” he added.
He prayed for the elevation of the ranks of the martyrs and expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the bereaved families.
