SWABI: Four constables suffered shrapnel injuries when suspected militants lobbed a hand-grenade into a police van on the Swabi-Mardan road on Saturday.

District Police Officer Javed Iqbal said the police van was going to Shahmansoor police lines when the incident took place in the Dagai area. He said the van was damaged in the attack.

The injured constables, identified as Arshad Ali, Imtiaz Ahmad, Aftab and Mohammad Ishaq, were taken to the district headquarters hospital.

The police cordoned off the area soon after the attack and launched a search operation to track down the attackers.

A case was registered by the police.

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2016