Two cops martyred in assault on polio staff in Bannu

PESHAWAR:

Two policemen guarding a polio vaccination staff in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district had been martyred whereas two others sustained accidents on Tuesday after armed males opened fireplace at them in yet one more assault on the nation’s marketing campaign focusing on the crippling illness.

In the midst of safeguarding the polio staff, the squad got here below assault, prompting a swift response from the police who retaliated in opposition to the assailants. In the course of the alternate of fireside, one of many attackers sustained accidents and sought refuge in a close-by home.

In the course of the pursuit of the assailants, Fiazuddin and Sikander Khan, police personnel, entered the residence the place an attacker had taken refuge. Sadly, the attacker martyred them throughout the premises.

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As per police sources, a major police contingent has surrounded the residence the place the attacker took refuge. Later, after a six-hour-long operation, the assailant was killed by the regulation enforcers.

Sources mentioned that the home the place the attacker took refuge was additionally demolished.

The 2 wounded cops had been transported to a hospital, the place they obtained medical help.

The incident got here a day after 5 policemen had been martyred whereas 27 folks had been injured in a blast close to a police van within the Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district.

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Based on a senior authorities official in Bajaur, “A police truck transporting round 25 policemen for anti-polio drive duties was focused by an improvised explosive machine.”

The polio marketing campaign within the space was suspended because of the blast whereas rescue groups in Mohmand and Decrease Dir districts had been placed on alert.

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed duty for the assault.