3 traffic police personnel killed in attack in northwestern Pakistan

By Berk Kutay Gokmen

ISTANBUL (AA) – Three traffic police personnel were killed in a "terrorist attack" in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, authorities said.

The incident took place when unknown motorcyclists opened fire on traffic police in the Lakki Marwat district, local police said.

The traffic officers were on regular duty on the Bannu-Lucky Road, the police added, noting that the attackers fled the scene.

A statement from the office of the provincial chief minister “strongly condemned the martyrdom of three police personnel, including the traffic police in-charge,” who were killed in a "terrorist attack."

Describing the incident as “extremely tragic,” Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said that those involved in the attack “will be brought to justice and given exemplary punishment.”