RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least eleven (11) police personnel were martyred and seven others injured in an attack on police mobile vehicles by dacoits of Kacha near Machka police camp II in Rahim Yar Khan.
A group of dacoits launched the attack when one of the vehicles in the convoy broke down. Some of the policemen were also missing after the incident.
The culprits first attacked the police vehicles with rocket launchers before opening fire. Injured policemen have been shifted to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan for treatment.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif also expressed deep sorrow and grief over the martyrdom of police personnel in the Kacha area.
She paid tribute to the police official martyred in the attack and extended condolences to the grieving families.
She has also ordered an operation to recover the missing police officials and instructed that the injured officers should be given the best medical care. CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif has also sought a report from the IG Police.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the attack.
Naqvi expressed deep sorrow and regret over the martyrdom of 11 police personnel in the attack. He paid tribute to the martyred police officers and prayed for the swift recovery of the injured officers.
He extended heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the families of the martyrs.
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