PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants martyred a police constable at the Bara Qadeem checkpost late on Wednesday night.

A police official said that the firing took place at the checkpost located close to the Bara tehsil of Khyber district. He said that two unidentified attackers opened fire on police at the Bara Qadeem checkpost, which resulted into the death of constable Gul Faraz.

The official said that the police responded to the attack, but the attackers managed to escape in the darkness.

Counter-Terrorism Department has registered an FIR against unknown assailants. This was the second attack on police during this week. Earlier on Monday, unidentified attackers had opened fire on a policeman in city’s Faqirabad area. The cop was injured in the attack.

Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2021