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One policeman killed, two injured in Charsadda attack

May 8, 2019

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Policemen stand guard at a checkpoint after it was attacked by a hand grenade in the outskirts of Peshawar October 20, 2010. A passer-by and policeman were wounded in the hand grenade attack near a police checkpoint in the outskirts of Peshawar, northwest of Islamabad, police said. The body of a dead man, who police said was the attacker, was also seen in the back of a police vehicle at the site. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN)

ISLAMABAD: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was martyred while two other police personnel were wounded as unidentified assailants opened fire on the police mobile van in Charsadda on Wednesday.

According to police sources, the police mobile was patrolling in the area of Gandhari located in Charsada when it was targeted by the culprits.

The shooters started indiscriminate firing on their mobile van that claimed the life of ASI Mohabbat Khan on the spot while left the two others, identified as Toseef and Mosawar, injured. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital and a search operation was started in the area after the incident.