At least three policemen were martyred in a terrorist attack on a police check-post in Khyber Agency Thursday.
According to the local police, terrorists opened fire on the check-post in Tekhta Beg and used explosive material in the attack, after which the police station caught fire.
The exchange of fire between the police force and terrorists was continuing till filing of this report. Immediately after the attack, the traffic on the Pak-Afghan highway closed and a heavy contingent of police was dispatched to the check-post.
Talking to journalists, Jamrud SHO Shah Khalid termed the attack on the police check-post a suicide attack. “The suicide bomber entered the check-post and blew himself up.”
He added that the police opened fire on the target upon seeing the suicide bomber.
Two policemen Manzoor Shah and Younis Khan were martyred in the attack, while a cook in the check-post, identified as Rafiq, was shifted to the Peshawar hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
