Peshawar: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at
a temporary check post in the restive northwest Pakistan,
killing two policemen, an official has said.
The gunmen riding a car were asked to stop by the police
as their vehicle came near the Shago Naka check post in
Mardan district bordering Malakand agency in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa yesterday, but responded by opening fire at the
security officials, the police official said.
He said one of the policeman died on the spot while the
other succumbed to his injures at the hospital.
After the firing incident, the police officers reached
the spot and launched a search operation to nab the killers,
the officer said.
The police had set up the temporary check-post after
receiving prior information of a bid to smuggle narcotics into
the area.
