Three policemen killed
TIMERGARA, July 28: Three policemen were shot dead in the Regdy Khwar area near Maidan on Saturday. Officials said the deceased belonged to the Lal Qilla police station. Officials said that a baker, Ihsan, had alerted the police about the presence of three gunmen in the area.
They said when SHO Mohammad Azam, who was accompanied by head-constables Mohammad Anwar and Shahzad Gul reached the area the gunmen opened fire on them. Azam and Anwar were killed on the spot, while Shahzad died in the Timergara hospital.
EXPLOSIVES SEIZED: The Bannu police foiled a terrorist attempt and seized six rockets, 27 mortar shells, 10 kilogrammes of explosives, gas cylinders, detonators and fuses from a car on Friday night, our correspondent in Bannu added.
According to officials, the car was parked near a telephone exchange in the Soorani area, the native village of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani.
They said that police had received prior information about the presence of illegal arms and ammunition and they cordoned off the area and diverted traffic from the main Bannu-Kohat road.
The gas cylinders were hidden in black burqas.
Meanwhile, officials of Radio Pakistan came under attack near Bakakhel in the Frontier Region (FR) of Bannu, officials said.
They said that the officials were on their way to Bannu from Mir Ali town in the North Waziristan Agency when they were attacked. The car was hit but the officials escaped unhurt.