KOHAT: Unknown terrorists hurled a grenade on a police station at the old toll plaza of Kohat Friendship Tunnel late on Thursday night. However, the grenade could not explode.

The police said the grenade was hurled from a van, but luckily it did not explode. They said the vehicle sped away towards Peshawar.

They said an operation was launched in the area to arrest the terrorists.

The Counter-Terrorism Department has registered an FIR and started investigations.

It is to mention here that 13 policemen have been injured in attacks carried out in Kohat in recent days.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2022

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