| GEO Pakistan | | Hangu: 4 policemen killed in checkpost offensive | Updated at: 0205 PST, Wednesday, January 07, 2009
HANGU: At least four police officials have been killed, one sustained injuries while three others have gone missing in an onslaught from unknown miscreants on a police checkpost in Dilan jurisdiction of Hangu on early Wednesday, Geo T.V reported.
According to sources, miscreants resorted to missile attack, which ripped through checkpost completely and left it on blazes.
Meanwhile, dead bodies and injured have been shifted to hospital while sources also added, “Three more police officials have gone missing since the incident took place” however, they feared, “The missing unfortunates either have been killed or abducted by militants”.
It is also pertinent to mention that as many as 136 reserve police officials were deployed on the checkpost while the curfew for an indefinite period had been imposed in the area last evening.
Army officials have taken the area under its control. |  |
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