Dera Ismail Khan check post. PHOTO: EXPRESS NEWS
Eight unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle attacked police personnel in the Durban area of the district and as a result, two civilians were killed.
One of those killed in the attack was a private security guard. The security personnel remained unhurt in the incident and the attackers managed to escape after police personnel retaliated.
PHOTO: EXPRESS NEWSPolice said the bodies of the two were transferred to a nearby hospital and a cordon was established around the area after the attack.
Earlier in July, at least nine people were martyred and 30 others injured in a gun attack on a police check post and a subsequent suicide blast at the hospital the wounded were shifted to in DI Khan.
Six policemen and three civilians had been slain in the deadly twin attacks.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mehmood Khan had strongly condemned the tragic attacks, while K-P Police Inspector General Dr Naeem Khan said that those behind the heinous attack would be brought to justice.
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