Unidentified gunmen here Monday ambushed a police mobile van at Benyamina area, killing two police officials, including Additional SHO and wounding seven others. Police said the unidentified outlaws holed up in nearby mountains, attacked the police mobile van of Benyamina police station with rocket launchers and opened indiscriminate firing on them.
Resultantly, Additional SHO Mian Muhammad Anwar and constable Nasir Iqbal were killed while six others including SHO Benyamina police station, constables Arif Hussain, Abdul Rashid, Moeed Gul, Badshah Din, Jalil, Jamal and Shamsul Hassan sustained injuries. The police also retaliated and exchanged fire. The injured were rushed to DHQ hospital. Police cordoned of the area after the incident and started search operation.