Five policemen martyred, three injured in Turbat check post attack

Three militants were also killed in an exchange of fire that lasted several hours

At least five security personnel were martyred and three were injured after militants opened fire at a check post in Turbat.

Three militants were killed in an exchange of fire between the forces and militants that lasted several hours.

An investigation has been launched in the case.

A day earlier, one police official was martyred and two were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up near a police vehicle in the Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan.

District Police Officer Wahid Mahmood confirmed that the police vehicle was deployed for the security of polio workers.

A head constable was martyred and another head constable and driver were injured in the blast, police officials added.

The martyred police official was identified as Riaz, the injured were identified as Shakeel and Ataullah.

Last month, two female polio workers were gunned down in Razar Tehsil of Swabi district on Wednesday when unidentified assailants attacked them.

Local police sources informed The Express Tribune that the victims were administering polio vaccination in Mir Ali Area of Swabi when the men opened fire on the workers.