Militants kill 4 in attack on police station in northwest Pakistan
- Suspects used grenades and automatic weapons on the station in Lakki Marwat district before fleeing the scene overnight, according to police
- Militants last month ambushed a routine police patrol, killing all six policemen in the vehicle in Lakki Marwat district
Four Pakistani police officers were killed and another four critically wounded on Sunday when suspected militants attacked a police station in the country’s volatile northwest.
The suspects used grenades and automatic weapons on the station in Lakki Marwat district before fleeing the scene overnight, said Nawaz Khan, an officer of the targeted police station.
Khan said police on duty retaliated and called for reinforcement before the attackers, their ammunition apparently exhausted, fled the scene before help arrived. Police were searching for the attackers.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but previous attacks on police in the district have been claimed by Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP.
Last month, militants ambushed a routine police patrol, killing all six policemen in the vehicle in the Dadewala area of the Lakki Marwat district. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Dadewala ambush. The militant group is separate but allied with the Afghan Taliban.