The injured persons have been identified as station house officer (SHO), Shahzad Town Sub-inspector Mohammad Azeem, Assistant Sub-inspector Zafar Iqbal and constable Ghulam Mustafa.
The three police personnel were injured after the terrorists opened fire on the check-post. The injured policemen were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Charsadda. However, two of them succumbed to their injuries.
Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT), investigating the assassination attempt at former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, found that the firing was carried out from three different shooting sites, Dawn reported.
As per District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Shoaib, a group of terrorists attacked a police picket, located in the limits of Kulachi police station in Dera Ismail Khan. The terrorists were equipped with the latest weapons including rocket launchers.
Taking to Twitter, Midstone Centre for International Affairs (MCIA) senior associate Shemrez Nauman Afzal said, "Note that #TTP spokesman's claim said "Tuesday past week" at the start of the statement. This could imply that the claimed attack took place on Tuesday 13th Dec, and after 5 days
One person was killed and a security personnel was injured in an attack when unknown militants opened fire on a girls' school in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Thursday, according to Dawn. The attack took place in a school in the Azam Warsak area of the South Waziristan district.
The incident happened in the Katcha area of the Ghotki district when dozens of the criminals stormed a police camp, killing seven police officers and kidnapping 20 others.