At least seven individuals, including six cops, were martyred and multiple personnel sustained injuries in a terrorist attack on a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district on Tuesday.
Police said the terrorists opened fire on a police mobile van in the remote area of Shakardara Road, resulting in the martyrdom of three policemen, including a deputy superintendent, identified as Asad Mehmood, on the spot.
Meanwhile, two civilians passing by the van were also injured in the attack.
Police said the death toll rose to seven after three injured cops and one civilian succumbed to their wounds.
Three cops and the other civilian injured in the shooting were still under treatment.
Following the attack, the terrorists also set the mobile van ablaze, police added.
