Four militants killed as Bannu police repel attack on post
Police said officers at the Kangar Pul post responded quickly, and weapons and ammunition were recovered from the dead attackers.
Police foiled an attack by militants on the Kangar Pul police post in Bannu on Saturday, police said.
The militants, whom police called khawarij, tried to target the post in the middle of the night, according to the police statement, but alert officers on duty returned fire effectively.
Fresh police units reached the site as soon as the attack was reported, the statement said.
The Quick Response Force and the Counter Terrorism Department then carried out a clearance operation in the area, during which the bodies of four militants were recovered.
Police also recovered weapons and ammunition from the militants, and the identification of the dead attackers is under way, the statement said.
Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Zulfiqar Hameed praised the Bannu police for their timely action and said repelling the attack in darkness showed the high training and bravery of his officers.
"There is no place for terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," Hameed said.
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also commended the police and the Counter Terrorism Department for foiling the attack on the Bannu post.
Naqvi said police and CTD personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had bravely defeated the militant assault, and he said the country was proud of them.
Bannu is one of several districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province bordering Afghanistan, where police posts and security forces have faced repeated militant attacks in recent years.
The provincial police have often reported clashes with militants in the region, and the government has repeatedly described such groups as a threat to law and order.
