Islamabad: Suicide attackers armed with guns and grenades on Friday stormed a police station in Peshawar, killing at least four policemen, including two officers, and injuring eight others, a day after a car bomb strike left 13 people dead in the northwest Pakistani city.
The militants numbering three lobbed grenades and fired indiscriminately as they forced their way into ‘Kotwali’ police station, located in a congested neighbourhood in the heart of Peshawar, early Friday morning.
The attackers exchanged fire with policemen inside the building for almost 40 minutes. Peshawar police chief Imtiaz Altaf said three policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed instantly.
An assistant sub-inspector succumbed to his injuries in hospital, other officials said. Eight policemen were injured and officials described the condition of two of them as critical. (IANS)