ISLAMABAD: At least 35 policemen were killed and 14 injured in targeted attacks in the last two months, a record in Pakistan’s history, Daily Times has learnt. One deputy inspector general of police (DIG), one sub inspector (SI), two head constables, 11 constables, seven policemen and 13 police trainees were killed. In one tragic incident, unidentified assailants killed Sibi DIG Abdul Aziz Bullo and four policemen in an ambush on June 9. They were on their way to offer their condolence to the families of 13 police trainees killed a day earlier in Saryab, Quetta.
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- Two police officials were killed and one was injured by unidentified criminals in Taxila on May 2.
- Two police constables were killed and 5 others were injured in a police encounter with robbers in Mirpurkhas on May 2.
- One police constable was injured and two robbers were killed in an encounter in Lahore on May 3.
- Three policemen and six robbers were killed, while five policemen and one woman were injured in an encounter at Tando Adam on May 4. Police also recovered a rocket launcher, two hand grenades, three AK-47 assault rifles, one rifle and 2,010 bullets.
- An encounter between a police party and proclaimed offenders resulted in the killing of a head constable and a fisherman in Rajanpur on June 19.
- A clash between Elite Force and criminals resulted in a man’s death and injuries to a police constable in Muzaffargarh on June 20.
- Criminals shot dead Head Constable Haleem and his relative in Chakiwara Police Station in Karachi on June 20.
- Unidentified criminals killed a police constable in Larkana on June 21.
- A criminal riding a motorcycle with ‘police’ inscribed on the number plate killed a SI and a constable on patrolling duty in Gujrat on June 22.
- Unidentified assailants killed 2 police constables and took away their rifles in Karachi on June 24.
- Unknown robbers killed two police constables of Model Colony Police Station, Malir (Karachi) on June 24.
- Unidentified criminals, reportedly Bugtis, kidnapped a man and took his vehicle and killed a police constable while injuring two civilians in Rajanpur on June 25.
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