Judges unhurt, two cops martyred in Tank terrorist strike
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Three judges escaped unhurt while two policemen escorting them were martyred in a terrorist attack in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Two cops were also injured in the terror hit which occurred near Bhagwal on Tank-Dera Ismail Khan Road as the judges were returning from the court along with a police squad.
The attack ensured into a fierce gunfight between the policemen and the terrorists which prompted the authorities to rush in more police reinforcements from Tank and DI Khan.
Later the police shifted the bodies of the martyred cops to District Headquarters Hospital in Tank.
Sources in the police said the martyred jawans were identified as Abdullah and Abdus Samad, belonging to South Waziristan District.
Reporters Amir Shahzad and Jaffer Zakori