Pakistan: 5 security officers killed in northwest

  • 12/15/2022
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 20, SPA -- Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's northwest Monday, killing fourofficers while a roadside bomb killed a member of anothersecurity unit elsewhere in the region. Two officers died during the ambush on the outskirts ofPeshawar city early Monday, while two others died later ata hospital from multiple bullet wounds, senior policeofficial Nisar Khan said. The roadside bomb targeted a vehicle of the FrontierConstabulary in the Bannu area, killing one and woundingseven constabulary officers, local hospital officialMohammad Jawed was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. One of the wounded was a senior constabulary officer,Bannu police chief Iqbal Marwat said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/686017

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