DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A Station House Officer (SHO) was martyred and three terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire ensuing a terrorist attack on a mobile van in ID Khan’s Darazinda area, police said on Saturday.
According to security officials, a police team was on routine patrol when unidentified assailants targeted the police mobile van with hand grenades and indiscriminate firing in Morgah area of Darazinda.
The police team retaliated the firing and in exchange for fire, Additional SHO Din Muhammad Sherani was martyred while three terrorists were also killed.
As a result of this attack, the people of the area gathered on the spot and surrounded the terrorists along with the security forces. All three terrorists were killed.
Later, the killed terrorists were identified as Khaliq and Hayatullah while the identity of the third terrorist cloud not been ascertained yet.
All the people fully supported the security forces and fought alongside them.
The Rescue 1122 team shifted the body of the martyred SHO to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Dera Ismail Khan.
District Police Officer (DPO) Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani along with a heavy contingent of police and security forces reached the site soon after the incident. The police also started a search operation in the area.
