The police vehicle which came under the attack on MOdnay. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The van of Peshawar police’s City Patrol Unit came under indiscriminate firing in the jurisdiction of Paharipara police station, sources told The Express Tribune.
ASI Asmat Khan killed in the attack. PHOTO: EXPRESS“A vehicle of the newly raised City Patrol Force was attacked by unidentified terrorists near MMC Hospital,” a police official said. “I can confirm one casualty and two injuries."
Three FC men killed in TTP-JA blast at funeral in Peshawar
The incident came less than a week after three officers of the Frontier Constabulary were killed and five others injured when an improvised explosive device detonated during a funeral in Bashirabad area of the city.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to the media.
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