A senior police officer was killed and his two body guards were injured when a suicide bomber ambushed his vehicle at Ring Road Chowk on Bara Road. Security officials said that Peshawar Superintendent of Police (Rural) Kalaam Khan was going to office from his residence in Hayatabad when he was targeted by the bomber. The injured cops are stated to be in stable condition. The slain SP belonged to Dir, and oversaw security affairs in the rural areas of Peshawar that border the restive tribal belt. A few days ago, a suicide bomber targeted a funeral procession, killing 15 people and injuring more than 30 others.
Later, Kalaam’s funeral prayers were held at Police Lines, Peshawar. In addition to high-ranking police officers, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Barrister Masud Kausar, Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti, KP Inspector General of Police Akbar Khan Hoti and Inspector General of Frontier Corps Major General Nadir Zeb Khan attended the funeral prayers. A helicopter then airlifted Kalaam’s body to his native village in the Maidan area of Lower Dir.
