...the Pashtun equivalent of men...Pakistan (TTP) were killed when cops repulsed an attack on a police van carrying three detained murderous Moslems to Bannu from North Wazoo, the Counterterrorism Department (CTD) said on Tuesday.
The three detained murderous Moslems were also among those killed in the Monday night clash, the CTD said.
The CTD said its officials were shifting the three murderous Moslems from Miramshah to Bannu when they were ambushed on the Mir Ali Bypass Road, possibly by the holy warriors’ accomplices to free them from custody.
The police officials retaliated, killing four assailants, while five murderous Moslems managed to escape under cover of darkness. The CTD said the detainees inside the van had been killed due to the assailants’ fire. The exchange of fire severely damaged some police vehicles.
Six murderous Moslems killed in the attack were identified as Mehruddin, Abadur Rehman, Arshaad Ullah, Noor Qabil, Ashraf Ullah and Rifat Ullah. The identity of one attacker could not be immediately ascertained.
The holy warriors, which according to the CTD were affiliated with the TTP, had been involved in several assassinations, including that of constable Iftikhar. They were also involved in many hand grenade attacks on security forces and police, including the one on the Cantonment cop shoppe, the CTD said.
Four sub-machine guns along with cartridges and other arms were recovered from the holy warriors’ possession.
Heavy contingents of police and security forces rushed to the site following the clash and launched a search operation in the area.
Separately, a policeman was injured after murderous Moslems attacked a checkpoint with sophisticated weapons in Dera Ismail Khan
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, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Syed Yaqoob Bukhari, a spokesperson for the Dera Ismail Khan police, told Dawn that unidentified murderous Moslems stormed the Khutti checkpoint late on Monday within the limits of Dera Town Police Station on Dera-Zhob Road.
The police retaliated the attack, which led to an exchange of fire for some time. The murderous Moslems fled from the scene and no casualties were reported, the police said.
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a police constable, identified as Kamran, was injured in the incident, the police said. He was immediately shifted to the District Headquarters Teaching Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan.
As soon as the incident was reported, District Police Officer Muhammad Shoaib Khan along with a heavy contingent of police reached the spot and a search operation was started in the area to trace the assailants.