DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police foiled a terrorist attack on the Jhangi security check post in Dera Ghazi Khan late at night, in which at least 7 police personnel were injured.
The Jhangi checkpost is located on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border in the Taunsa area.
The Regional Police Officer Sajjad Hassan Khan said that the attackers wanted to capture the check post, but they fled in the darkness of the night after the attack was repulsed by policemen, according to a local news channel.
Punjab Police said that 15 to 20 terrorists were involved in the attack.
This was the second attack on the check post in the span of two months.
In a statement issued on X, the Punjab Police said that the terrorists of the banned outfit failed to attack the Jhangi (Hazrat Umar Farooq) police check post again after two months.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, fifteen to twenty terrorists attacked with modern weapons including hand grenades, laser light guns, and rocket launchers, but police foiled the attack, the statement said.
District police officers reached the spot with more reinforcements as soon as they received the information about the terrorist attack.
In the attack, seven personnel were wounded while fighting bravely and were shifted to the hospital for treatment, the statement added.
CM Punjab Condemns Terror Attack in Dera Ghazi Khan
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif condemned the terror attack on the checkpost, paying tribute to the brave police team for fighting the attackers.
She directed relevant authorities to provide the best treatment facilities to the wounded officials.
The CM said that ending terrorism is the government’s commitment, sharing her resolve towards peace in the province.
