Two FC officials martyred in Tank ambush

The FC personnel were returning after offering their prayers when gunmen ambushed them and then fled

TANK: At least two constables of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were gunned down by the unidentified militants in an attack in the Manji area of the Tank on Friday afternoon.

The FC personnel were returning after offering their prayers when gunmen, who were lying in wait, ambushed them and then fled. The victims were identified as FR constables Mohsin and Yasin.

Separately, at least seven people, including six police officers, were injured when their patrol vehicle came under a grenade attack from unidentified militants in Gomal early on Friday.

Police said that two motorcyclists approached the Gomal police station and lobbed a grenade into the back of a police van. The subsequent explosion left at least six policemen and a passerby injured. The injured included Gomal police station chief Inayatullah Khan.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2019.