Five Policemen Wounded While Guarding Polio Team in DI Khan

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DI Khan: Five police officers who had been assigned to guard polio workers sustained injuries when unidentified assailants targeted them in Dera Ismail Khan’s Musazai neighbourhood on Thursday.

The police chief reported that six to eight suspected militants ambushed them, opened fire, and tossed hand grenades at the police van while they were being transported in convoy to a nearby vaccination station.

The on-duty police officers retaliated and they had a severe fire exchange with the attackers. However, five policemen were struck by bullets.

One terrorist was also hurt, but they were all able to escape. The cops were transported to a nearby hospital, where they received treatment. A search effort has also been started nearby in the interim.