Five policemen were martyred and two were injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in Kalachi Tehsil of DI Khan.
According to police sources, the explosion occurred when the police mobile squad was on patrol for election security duty in Garda Aslam area under Kalachi police station.
Unknown armed men also opened fire on the police, but they escaped when additional police personnel reached the spot after receiving information about the incident. The security forces and the police have surrounded the area and started a search operation to arrest the attackers.
According to the director of the hospital MTIDI Khan Dr. Farrukh Jameel, the dead bodies of the martyred policemen were shifted to DHQ Hospital.
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In a statement, KP Interim Chief Minister Justice (Rtd) Arshad Hussain Shah condemned the attacks in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. Media reports said that one person was killed in a firing incident in Tank, but no official has commented on the exact number of casualties or the nature of the incident.
The Chief Minister said that such incidents cannot stop the police from performing their duties.