ISLAMABAD: A police team was attacked during a raid on a suspect’s hideout in a rural area leaving one official martyred.

The police said that the incident took place in Kirpa village where a suspect wanted in robbery case was hiding.

The team cordoned off the suspect’s hideout, they said, adding that however, all of a sudden the attackers started firing on the police officials.

As a result a constable sustained bullet injury and the attackers including the suspect escaped.

Later the injured policeman was shifted to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, the police said, adding that the deceased was identified as head constable Ahmad Yar.

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2023