Three traffic police personnel were martyred in a Tank gun attack after armed assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack took place in Tank district on Monday, according to the provided information.
The traffic police officials were targeted while travelling in a police vehicle. The attackers opened fire before fleeing the area. The bodies of the martyred personnel were later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for necessary procedures.
Following the Tank gun attack, police launched a search operation in the surrounding area. Authorities were looking for the attackers, who managed to escape from the scene after carrying out the assault. Further details about the operation were not immediately available.
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack and expressed grief over the deaths of the three police personnel. He paid tribute to the martyred officers and extended condolences to their families following the incident.
Naqvi said the government stood with the families of the deceased during their time of grief. He also said the sacrifices of personnel killed while fighting terrorism would not be in vain, according to the provided report.
The Tank gun attack comes amid several incidents of violence reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A day earlier, three people were killed and three others were injured in an attack in Lakki Marwat district, highlighting continued security concerns in the province.
Earlier, a suspected suicide blast and gunfire at a checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan reportedly killed 12 people and injured 35 others. On September 18, an attack during Friday prayers at the old police lines in Kohat left 21 people dead and more than 100 injured.
