Policeman gunned down in Swabi

Author: By Our Correspondent

SWABI: Unidentified armed motorcyclists gunned down a police official in broad daylight here in Razaar tehsil on Monday, official sources said.

They said Saeedul Ibrar was posted in the Nowshera Cantonment Police Station as Additional Station House Officer (SHO).

Sources said armed motorcyclists targeted the police officer with a fire arm at Adina Bridge while he was waiting for a passenger vehicle to carry him to office in Nowshera district.

The injured cop was rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, in critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries.

The assailant and his accomplice fled the scene after committing the crime.

According to the police sources the killing might be retaliation to the recent killings and arrests of the militants by police in the district.

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