Peshawar: Eleven policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), were killed and 12 others were injured in an attack by terrorists on a police vehicle in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday. An officer gave this information. The attack took place when the police were on their way to conduct a campaign against illegal gold mining. According to a statement from emergency service 'Rescue 1122', the number of policemen killed in the attack has increased to 11, while 12 others were injured.
Police spokesperson Mohammad Nauman Zaib said that the police team going to Gumbat area of Kohat district came under firing in Darbokach Jalandhar Banda area located between Kohat and Karak. According to the news agency, the attackers fired on the policemen from the hills, in which many policemen were injured and police vehicles were also damaged. Jaib said that the dead included Gumbat Deputy Superintendent of Police Haider Zaman and Sub Inspector Mukhtiar. He said five police vehicles were also set on fire during the attack. Police spokesperson said that the attackers fired continuously at the policemen, in response to which there was heavy firing between the two sides. Additional police vehicles were dispatched to the scene following the attack, while a large contingent of police was called in to respond.
Jaib said that after the attack, an emergency was declared at the district headquarters teaching hospital. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned the attack, calling it the result of a nexus between criminal elements and terrorists. Expressing grief over the death of policemen, he paid tribute to the officers who lost their lives and expressed condolences to their families.