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Four policemen shot dead by unidentified men in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat Police Shot Dead
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Four policemen shot dead by unidentified men in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 28 Oct 2021, 05:06 pm

Islamabad, October 28: Unidentified attackers shot dead four policemen in Pakistan's  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, media reports said.

According to police officials, the cops were patrolling in a van near a local hotel, located around six kilometres off Lakki City when gunmen riding a motorcycle waylaid them and opened fire, reports Dawn News.

Four cops died on the spot.

The bodies were shifted to a hospital.

District Police Officer Shehzad Umar told Dawn.com that unidentified armed men ambushed the police van at around 10:45pm on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of the four cops.

He informed that law enforcers were searching for the suspects, who managed to escape the scene after the attack.