Five security officers killed in Pakistan

FE Team | Published: July 21, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Pakistani soldiers and police officials inspect a checkpost after an attack by militants on the outskirts of Peshawar. — AFP

PESHAWAR, July 20 (AP): Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's volatile northwest Monday, killing four officers, while a roadside bomb killed a member of another security unit elsewhere in the region, officials said.
Two officers died during the ambush on the outskirts of Peshawar city early Monday, while two others died later at a hospital from multiple bullet wounds, senior police official Nisar Khan said.
The roadside bomb targeted a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary in the Bannu area, killing one and wounding seven constabulary officers, local hospital official Mohammad Jawed said.
One of the wounded was a senior constabulary officer, Bannu police chief Iqbal Marwat said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack, but Taliban militants in the region frequently target security forces.
The police were patrolling on a road that leads to the Khyber tribal region, an area that has witnessed numerous militant attacks due to its status as a supply route for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.