MARDAN: Two police constables were shot dead in Shahdhand Baba area on Mardan-Swabi road near here on Sunday.

Constables Mohammad Waleed and Mohammad Zubair of Garhi Kapura police station were going to Mardan on a motorcycle when they were fired at by assailants riding a motorcycle.

The constables were injured and died while being taken to hospital.

Police cordoned off the area and mounted search for the killers.

The Counter-Terrorism Department of police has registered a case against “unidentified terrorists”.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2015

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