The death toll from Pakistan’s deadliest bandit attack on police rose to 12 after one of the wounded officers died at a hospital in the eastern province of Punjab, officials said Friday.
Family members of police officers, who were killed in gunmen ambush on a police convoy in a deserted area, mourn at a hospital in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. – The death toll from Pakistan's deadliest bandit attack on police rose to 12 after one of the wounded officers died at a hospital in the eastern province of Punjab, officials said Friday.
Thursday’s attack with guns and rocket-propelled grenades also wounded eight officers. It took place in the Kacha area in Rahim Yar Khan district, which is known for hideouts along the Indus River where hundreds of heavily armed bandits evade police.Punjab police chief Usman Anwar said police killed a bandit leader who was behind the attack named Bashir Shar.
According to police, the bandits ambushed police when one of the vehicles carrying officers broke down while passing through flooded farm fields. Pakistan has beenPolice said the robbers took advantage of the darkness to attack police. In a statement, they said that the “morale of the police is high, and such cowardly actions by robbers cannot lower the morale of the police.”
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