Pakistan: Three cops, one teenager killed as unknown gunmen open fire

Pakistan: Three cops, one teenager killed as unknown gunmen open fire

FP Archives September 22, 2014, 12:59:42 IST

Three policemen and a teenage boy were killed on Monday when unknown gunmen opened fire at them in Pakistan.

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Pakistan: Three cops, one teenager killed as unknown gunmen open fire

Islamabad: Three policemen and a teenage boy were killed on Monday when unknown gunmen opened fire at them in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Representational image. AP

The incident occurred near Qazi Pull area of Hangu district, when militants raided a police check post.

Local police official Khanullah Khan said that three policemen and a 15-year boy were killed in the attack.

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The militants, who were in a car, escaped after the attack.

Nobody took responsibility of the attack but the Taliban militants are active in the area and often target the security forces and civilians who oppose them.

PTI

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