Taliban militants armed with guns and grenades ambushed a police patrol in Lakki Marwat district on Thursday, killing three officers and wounding another, police said. Police said eight to 10 Taliban fighters ambushed a police vehicle on a routine patrol near the Buland Khel area in the Shahbaz Khel Police precincts, first by hurling a grenade and then opening fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles after policemen tried to retaliate.
“Three policemen were killed and one was injured. Taliban militants later escaped,” Mohammad Gulzar, the district police chief, told AFP. Gulzar said Taliban were hiding on both sides of the road and escaped in two vehicles after the attack. The slain policemen were identified as Jan Muhammad, Munawar and Zahidullah and the injured one was identified as Islam-ud-Din.
