Assailants believed to be militants stormed a police station in Pakistan's dangerous northwest on Sunday, killing four police officers and gravely injuring another four, according to police.
According to Nawaz Khan, an officer at the Lakki Marwat district police station that was attacked, the suspects utilized automatic guns and explosives before escaping overnight.
Khan said police on duty retaliated and called for reinforcement before the attackers, their ammunition apparently exhausted, fled the scene before help arrived. Police were searching for the attackers.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Still, previous attacks on police in the district have been claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP.
Last month, militants ambushed a routine police patrol, killing all six policemen in the vehicle in the Dadewala area of the Lakki Marwat district. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Dadewala ambush. The militant group is separate but allied with the Afghan Taliban.
According to Nawaz Khan, an officer at the Lakki Marwat district police station that was attacked, the suspects utilized automatic guns and explosives before escaping overnight.
Khan said police on duty retaliated and called for reinforcement before the attackers, their ammunition apparently exhausted, fled the scene before help arrived. Police were searching for the attackers.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Still, previous attacks on police in the district have been claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP.
Last month, militants ambushed a routine police patrol, killing all six policemen in the vehicle in the Dadewala area of the Lakki Marwat district. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Dadewala ambush. The militant group is separate but allied with the Afghan Taliban.
