Saturday, June 25, 2011

SHO among 10 killed in D I Khan attack

D I KHAN: Ten policemen including a station house officer (SHO) were martyred in an attack on police station located in Tehsil Kolachi area of Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, Geo News reported.

According to the report, armed men stormed the police station, taking police personnel hostage out of which four police personnel were recovered.

Police official said that resistance from the attackers inside the police station has ended.

Earlier, ten to twelve armed men wearing suicide jackets attacked the police station.

Security forces launched the operation soon after the incident and exchange of heavy fire were witnessed from the both sides.

Three bomb also exploded when the armoured personnel carrier (APC) entered the premises of the police station, resultantly the building of the police station caught fire while the APC was also destroyed.