PESHAWAR: Armed militants on Saturday attacked the DPO’s office in Dera Ismail Khan.
According
to police, eight to ten militants attacked the police station using
hand grenades and rockets. An exchange of fire was being reported
between security personnel and the attackers.
Interior minister Rehman Malik said several people including police and civilians were wounded.
“Terrorists attacked security forces,” he told reporters.
Police sources said two of the attackers were dressed in police uniforms.
The
attackers targeted the main police station in Dera Ismail Khan city,
provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP.
The body of a suicide bomber was lying at the gate of the police station, he said. Two other militants were also dead.
Police spokesman Mohammad Hanif said police shot dead two militants and at least one other blew himself up.
About
half a dozen militants stormed the station located in a sensitive area
housing government offices, district courts and lawyers’ offices, he
said.
They hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the office of district police chief, he said.
Authorities summoned army and paramilitary troops and commandos ringed the area, police said.
The neighbouring offices were also evacuated, and forces started an operati
