Peshawar, Feb 17 : At least four policemen were killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their van in this restive Pakistani city. The incident occurred late last night in Dera Ismail Khan district in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering volatile South Waziristan tribal agency.
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Roadside bomb hits police vehicle in Pakistan, wounding 19
A Pakistani police official says a roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying police in the country’s northwest, wounding four officers and 15 passers-by. Local police official Mohammad Nawaz says Wednesday’s attack took place in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, a gateway to Pakistan’s troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan.