7 martyred as customs team ambushed in DIK

Police say number of assailants, who all fled from the scene, could not be ascertained immediately

DERA ISMAIL KHAN:

Five Customs Intelligence officials and two civilians, including a five-year-old girl, were martyred when unidentified gunmen ambushed a team of the Customs Intelligence and escaped from the scene in Dera Ismail Khan district on Thursday, police said.

According to the police, the Customs Intelligence officials were conducting routine checking at Saggo, when they came under intense gunfire from the attackers, who were hiding in the nearby bushes. As a result, five Customs Intelligence officials and two civilians were martyred, they added.

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A rescue 1122 team shifted the bodies to the district headquarters hospital (DHQ). The martyred were identified as Shahab Ali Khan, Attar Alam, Akbar Zaman, Inayatullah, Muhammad Aslam of the Customs Intelligence, and civilians Safatullah and five-year-old Laiba Bibi.

The police said that the assailants had been hiding in the nearby bushes on Daraban Road. The police had recovered empties from the bushes during their preliminary investigation. They said that the number of assailants, who all fled from the scene, could not be ascertained immediately.