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According to the details released by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, the victim, Irshad Khan, was driving towards Peshawar to perform his duty when he was targeted near Ranpur. Khan’s driver was with him.
The victim was in a government car when unknown persons targeted him and shot him dead.
The district police arrived at the site as soon as they received information and seized the body of the deceased. A preliminary investigation was launched and two cases of bullets were collected from the site, among other evidence.
The police said that the case will be registered after completing the legal medical procedures and coordinating with the family of the deceased.
The incident comes amid a series of targeted attacks in the Peshawar region in recent days, The Express Tribune reports.
A similar incident occurred last week in which at least two policemen were killed and two others injured when gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint in Peshawar.
According to the officials, the policemen set up a checkpoint in the Reggie Model Town area of ​​the provincial capital when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the policemen, seriously injuring four of them.
Police said a group of terrorists opened fire on a police post at the entrance to Reggie Model Town around midnight, according to ARY News.
A Peshawar police spokesman said, “Two policemen, Wajed and Farman, were martyred and two others were injured in the terrorist attack. attacks. “
The two injured policemen were identified as Policeman Sayyar and Constable Fayrouz.
Moreover, he added that Sub-Inspector Nourul-Haq and policemen Feroze, Wajid, Syar and Farman were on duty when the checkpoint was attacked, according to ARY News.
The injured were taken to hospital, where two of them succumbed to their injuries.
In the aftermath of the attack, a large group of police rushed to the site and launched a search operation in the vicinity, ARY News reported.
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