Police sub-inspector killed, constable injured in Mardan

Officer says one attacker killed in retaliatory fire

MARDAN: A police sub-inspector was killed and a constable severely injured as armed men opened fire at their vehicle in Mardan on Wednesday.

The attack took place near the Lund Khwar police station. The police retaliated killing one of the attackers, said a police officer at the station.



Sub inspector Sultan died in the firing, Rescue 1122 officials said. Constable Shoaib was wounded and taken to Mardan Medical Complex in critical condition, the official added.

Last month, unidentified motorcyclists shot dead two cops of Khyber-Pakhtunwa (K-P) Police’s Elite Force Unit in Rashid Garhi area of Yakatot police station in the outskirts of Peshawar.

Elite Force constable Shahzeb and his colleague, Special Police Officer (SPO) Ihsanullah, were traveling on a motorcycle to work when three unidentified armed men opened fire at them.



“Shahzeb is a resident of Garhi Qamardin area of Peshawar and he reached Rashid Garhi to take his friend Ihrasullah with him on his bike. Both were on their way when three armed men attacked them and escaped from the scene,” said an official of Yakatot police station toldThe Express Tribune.