Police believe robbers and not militants were involved in the incident at a remote area in the Punjab province.
Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven others, authorities said.
Punjabi police said the gunmen were likely robbers and not militants. The victims were taken to a nearby hospital. Security forces often carry out operations against bandits in Punjab and in the southern Sindh province, where they hide in rural, forested areas and where they have killed several police officers in attacks over the past months.
Police said that one of the police vehicles broke down while passing through accumulated rainwater along farm fields when dozens of bandits launched the attack.President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi released statements denouncing the attack, expressing sorrow and describing the slain officers as martyrs.
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