Four cops, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were martyred and multiple personnel sustained injuries in a terrorist attack on a police van in Kohat district on Tuesday.  Police said the terrorists opened fire on a police mobile van in the remote area of Shakardara Road, resulting in the martyrdom of three policemen, including a deputy superintendent, identified as Asad Mehmood, on the spot. 

However, another policeman injured in the attack succumbed to his wounds, taking the death toll to four. Three others injured were still under treatment.  Following the attack, the terrorists also set the mobile van ablaze, police added.   Terrorist attacks have been prevalent in the country, especially in the provinces neighbouring Afghanistan. 

At least three Federal Constabulary (FC) men were martyred when an ambulance carrying injured personnel came under a terrorist attack in the Badrakhail area of Karak, KP on Monday.  Moreover, four Indian proxy, Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in KP's Dera Ismail Khan, while five others were killed in separate raid in Balochistan’s Pishin district.  

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)