Officers Killed in Suspected Militant Attack on Police Vehicle in Northwest Pakistan
Police said the attackers fled with the traffic police vehicle after killing three officers and injuring three other people.
- On Monday, unidentified gunmen attacked a traffic police mobile in the Wazirabad area of Tank, killing three officers and wounding three others before fleeing in the stolen vehicle.
- This attack follows a series of violent incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including a suicide bombing in Darazinda on Saturday killing at least 11 people and a recent explosion at a Kohat mosque that claimed 22 lives.
- Police identified the deceased as Constable Gul Amin, Constable Saleem Shah, and driver Pir Fayyaz. Injured officer Assistant Sub-Inspector Asmatullah, alongside civilians Qaiser Mohammad Walid Khan and Zafri Garha Baloch, were shifted to Tank Hospital.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack by Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists and offered condolences to bereaved families. Authorities launched a search operation that later discovered the stolen vehicle abandoned in Garha Budha.
- Insecurity continues to rise in the region; the Centre for Research and Security Studies reported K-P recorded 475 violence-linked fatalities during the second quarter of 2026, the highest among all provinces.
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Gunmen ambush traffic police vehicle in Pakistan's Tank district
Gunmen ambushed a traffic police vehicle in Wazirabad, in Pakistan’s Tank district, killing three officers and injuring civilians and at least one police official. The attackers fled with the vehicle, which police later recovered, and authorities launched a search operation as officials condemned the killings.
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Three traffic police personnel martyred in Tank gun attack
DPO says ASI Ismatullah sustains injuries in firing.Adds attackers fled after taking traffic police vehicle.Mohsin Naqvi condemns attack, mourns police deaths.TANK: At least three traffic police personnel were martyred when armed men...
Winnipeg Free Press
Officers killed in suspected militant attack on police vehicle in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants riding motorcycles opened fire Monday on a vehicle carrying traffic police in the restive northwestern Pakistan, killing three officers and wounding three other people before fleeing the scene, police said.
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