Police Convoy Ambushed in Kohat, Pakistan: At Least 10 Officers Killed, 12 Injured
An ambush in Kohat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on November 11 killed at least 10 police officers and injured 12, after gunmen opened fire from hilltops on a police team traveling to raid an illegal gold-mining operation.
Kohat police spokesman Muhammad Nauman Zeb said the team was heading to an operation against illegal mining in the Gambat area when it came under fire in the Darbokach Jalandhar Banda area, between Kohat and Karak. Those killed included Gambat Deputy Superintendent Haider Zaman and Sub-Inspector Mukhtiar, and the attackers set fire to five police vehicles. A spokesman for the Rescue 1122 service told Reuters that 11 police personnel were feared killed. The injured were taken to the District Headquarters Teaching Hospital in Kohat, where an emergency was declared.
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack as of publication. Reports said suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has stepped up attacks on police and security personnel in the province in recent months. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa borders Afghanistan, and additional police vehicles and personnel were dispatched to the scene.
Source: Pakistan Police
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