Pakistan
Pakistan: DSP, three policemen die in ambush
Lakki Marwat: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), along with his three gunmen, died during an attack targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat on Thursday, media reports said.
According to details, militants stormed the Saddar police station on the Bannu-Mianwali road near Chawkijand area when personnel inside the station called for reinforcements, reports Dawn News.
DSP Iqbal Momand, who responded to the call, was on his way when the armoured vehicle he was travelling in was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED), the newspaper reported.
The IED, planted earlier by the militants on the road leading to the police station, went off near the APC a few miles from the station.
Six others were reportedly hurt in the incident.
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the incident.
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