Four cops martyred in Bannu police lines attack

LAKKI MARWAT: Five militants wearing burqa and suicide vests were killed as four police officials embraced martyrdom in an attempt to foil a gun and bomb attack on Iqbal Shaheed Police Lines in Bannu, on Monday, officials said.

Five militants attacked the Iqbal Shaheed Police Lines shortly after the funeral prayer of Head Constable Shaista Khan, who was martyred in a gun attack in Bakkakhel earlier in the day, said a police official.

Police officers and local elders attended the martyred cop’s last rites.