In the turbulent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, a police officer lost his life along with at least three militants during a shootout that ensued after an attack on a police mobile van.
An Additional SHO was killed when unknown militants opened fire at a van on patrolling duty, leading to a gunfight between the police and the attackers for over an hour in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan district bordering South Waziristan, police said.
Three attackers were gunned down during the fighting, the police said.
Heavy contingents of police rushed to the site to control the situation, the police said.
An investigation has been opened into the incident and the police have launched an operation to trace the assailants.
Earlier, at least 25 people were killed and 42 others injured on Wednesday in two devastating bomb blasts targeting election offices in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.
(More details awaited)
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