3 policemen killed in Taliban attack in northwest Pakistan


Three policemen were killed and another injured when Taliban militants attacked a police van in Pakistan's restive northwest today, officials said.   The militants lobbed grenades at the van and then fired at it with automatic weapons in Lakki Marwat area of


Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
District police chief Gulzar Ali confirmed that three policemen were killed and another injured.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out in retaliation for arrests made by security forces during a recent search operation.

The attack was the latest assault in a recent spike in Taliban violence in northwest Pakistan.

Parts of the volatile tribal belt have witnessed fierce fighting in recent days.

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