PESHAWAR: At least five law enforcement personnel were martyred in two incidents in Khyber, Peshawar and Nowshera districts on Thursday, while four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Bannu.

Unidentified atta­ckers opened fire on a cop who was on duty at Akori Chowk in Nowshera district.

Three personnel of law enforcement agencies were martyred and a suspected terrorist was killed in a late-night attack on a security checkpost in the Bara area of Khyber.

According to police, some armed men who were on foot opened fire at personnel of a security agency at a checkpost in Ajab Talab area of Meelward, in Akkakhel area of Khyber Agency, late on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, a policeman was martyred in Sarband area, a locality on the outskirts of the provincial capital, when unidentified attackers opened fire at a checkpost.

A police official said ASI Rahim Shah was wounded in the attack. He later died in hospital. In Bannu, four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in a mountainous area of Ping Omerzai late on Wednesday night, said an official on Thursday.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2022