PESHAWAR: A police officer was killed as law enforcers repulsed a militant attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, an official said on Sunday.
A group of militants attacked the police station in Wara Mamund tehsil of KP's Bajaur district in wee hours of Sunday, according to district police spokesman Muhammad Israr.
“The police fought for more than 40 minutes before the attack was foiled,” he told Arab News. “Additional SHO (station house officer) Gul Mahmood Din was killed, whereas other cops remained safe.”
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Pakistani Taliban, or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have frequently carried out attacks against security forces and police in the region that borders Afghanistan.
Israr said police have launched a large-scale operation to hunt down the attackers.
Pakistan has struggled to contain a surge in militancy in KP in recent years.
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of allowing the use of its soil and India of backing militant groups for attacks against Pakistan. Kabul and New Delhi deny this.
