[DAWN] PESHAWAR: Three coppers and a passerby were killed and three others injured when unidentified gunnies attacked a police party in Pishtkhara area on the outskirts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
capital on Friday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Cant, Muhammad Faisal confirmed that three coppers and a civilian have been killed and three including two cops and another passerby maimed in the ambush.
"The coppers were breaking their fast at a local restaurant at Landi Akhun Ahmed neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city when unknown assailants opened indiscriminate firing on their van killing three coppers and a waiter of the restaurant on the spot," he said.
The dead and the injured have been shifted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital.
An official of the KTH hospital said that seven injured were brought to the hospital where two coppers including ASI Noor Muhammad and driver of the police mobile van Baz Muhammad gave up the ghost.
The eyewitnesses said that the coppers were staying for Iftar near a roadside restaurant when the attackers riding a car opened fire on them resulting in the death of three cops and maimed four others.
Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
police chief Ijaz Ahmed confirmed to the media that coppers were having Iftar out in the open when targetted by the miscreants riding a white car. He also confirmed the number of casualties.
Funeral of the slain coppers was offered at the police lines which was attended by the speaker of the KP Assembly, Asad Qaiser besides the high ranking coppers. Later the bodies of the slain coppers were shifted to their ancestral towns for burial.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
the bomb disposal squad defused a bomb near Khyber police checkpost in Hayatabad. Sources said that two kilograms of homemade kaboom was recovered and seized near the checkpost.