Four policemen martyred in Lakki Marwat KP
Monitoring Desk:
Four policemen were martyred in a firing incident in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Wednesday. Unknown motorcyclists opened fire on policemen, police sources said.
According to police officials, the cops were patrolling in a van near a local hotel, located around six kilometers off Lakki City when gunmen riding a motorcycle waylaid them and opened fire. As a result, the four cops in the vehicle died on the spot. Their bodies were subsequently shifted to a nearby hospital.
District Police Officer Shehzad Umar told reporters unidentified armed men ambushed the police van at around 10:45 pm on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of the four cops. He informed that law enforcers were searching for the suspects, who managed to escape the scene after the attack.
The DPO said the police had also collected evidence from the crime scene, while further investigation was underway.