An attack on a police station in Mianwali, a city in Punjab near KP, was carried out by the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan a day after a horrifying Peshawar attack that claimed the lives of about 100 people.
Around 20 heavily armed militants attempted to storm Makerwal police using high-tech weapons at a police station in the Isakkhel district of Mianwali, but Punjab police claimed to have stopped the attack.
According to reports in the local media citing police officials, TTP assailants were able to flee after a fierce gunfight in which a few terrorists were also hurt.
Punjab police, in a social media post, claimed to repulse the attack. Punjab’s new IGP told a local publication that police parties including Counter Terrorism Department and Elite Force reached Mianwali for a ‘grand operation’
Luckily, no police personnel suffered injuries during the latest attack, the Punjab IGP confirmed.
Meanwhile, law enforcers launched a grand operation in Mianwali and adjoining areas to trace the terrorists’ hideouts.
The recent attack on police officials comes on the heels of the deadly Peshawar bombing that killed at least 100 people while scores were wounded.
The nation’s top military brass vowed to bring offenders to exemplary justice amid the sudden increase in attacks. Gen. Asim Munir, the new head of the army, gave orders to all commanders to maintain their attention on counterterrorism operations in cooperation with intelligence and law enforcement organizations with renewed resolve until we achieve lasting peace.
