DI KHAN: At least two policemen were martyred in an attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying judges near Hathala area of Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) district of Khyber-Pakhtunwa (K-P) on Friday.
In the convoy were Additional Judge Tang Hasnain, Additional Sessions Judge South and Senior Civil Judge Mah Jabeen, who were unhurt in the attack.
Initial reports indicate that the judges’ convoy was attacked by gunfire. Two officers of the Upper Waziristan Police, Abdullah and Constable Samad Khan, were martyred in this terrorist attack. There are also reports of two persons injured in the incident near Bhagwal.
After the incident, the bodies and the injured were taken to the hospital. A strong contingent of police responded quickly, collected evidence from the crime scene, cordoned off the area and launched a search operation for the terrorists.
