PESHAWAR: An official of the Counter Terrorism Department was martyred in a firing in the limits of Hassankhel Police Station on Wednesday.
Police officials said Constable Sohail Rehman of CTD was martyred in the firing by unidentified terrorists at Amirkhel in Hassankhel area of Peshawar near Darra Adamkhel.
Senior police and CTD officials arrived at the spot and a search operation was conducted in the area. The area has witnessed several attacks on police and the army in the last few years.
A number of police officials have come under attack in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last few months.