Two gunmen opened fireplace at cops manning a roadside checkpoint within the capital, Islamabad, on Monday evening, triggering a shootout that killed an officer and each assailants, police mentioned.
Two policemen had been additionally wounded within the assault close to a marketplace, the Islamabad police mentioned in a remark. They mentioned the wounded officials had been taken to clinic. Internal Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the assault and ordered an investigation.
Nobody instantly claimed duty for the assault and police are nonetheless investigating. Despite the fact that militants ceaselessly goal safety forces in Pakistan, such assaults in Islamabad are uncommon.
Closing Friday, militants attacked a military put up within the restive northwest, bordering Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that killed a Pakistani soldier. The Pakistani Taliban, who’ve been emboldened because the Afghan Taliban seized energy within the neighboring nation, claimed duty for the assault.
