PESHAWAR: At least six people, including two policemen, were killed as armed militants dressed in police uniforms attacked the DPO’s office in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday.

According to police, militants attacked the police station using hand grenades and rockets. An exchange of fire was reported between security personnel and the attackers.

Authorities had summoned army and paramilitary troops for the operation, which was being supervised from the army headquarters (GHQ).

All the attackers were killed, said police officials, while one was arrested by security personnel. Two of the attackers were reported to have blown themselves up by detonating their suicide jackets, they said.

The attackers targeted the main police station in Dera Ismail Khan city, provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP.

About half a dozen militants had stormed the station located in a sensitive area housing government offices, district courts and lawyers’ offices, he said.

They hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the office of district police chief, he said.

The neighbouring offices were also evacuated by security  forces for the operation.