Two gunmen opened hearth at cops manning a roadside checkpoint within the capital, Islamabad, on Monday evening, triggering a shootout that killed an officer and each assailants, police stated.
Two policemen have been additionally wounded within the assault close to a market, the Islamabad police stated in an announcement. They stated the wounded officers have been taken to hospital. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the assault and ordered an investigation.
No one instantly claimed duty for the assault and police are nonetheless investigating. Although militants typically goal safety forces in Pakistan, such assaults in Islamabad are uncommon.
Last Friday, militants attacked a military submit within the restive northwest, bordering Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that killed a Pakistani soldier. The Pakistani Taliban, who’ve been emboldened because the Afghan Taliban seized energy within the neighboring nation, claimed duty for the assault.
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