PESHAWAR: The district police officer of North Waziristan survived a coordinated attack at three points on Monday only because he was using a bullet-proof car, highlighting the importance of the armoured vehicles for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
The police chief of North Waziristan, Waqar Ahmad, and his escort car was attacked by terrorists in Bannu. The DPO remained unharmed but five policemen who were guarding the officer were wounded and shifted to hospital.
“It was a major attack on the DPO but luckily he remained unharmed because of the bullet-proof car. Five of our policemen are injured and are being treated,” Regional Police Officer Bannu Sajjad Khan told The News.
“They carried out the attack at three different points. One of the sniper targeted the side window exactly where I was sitting,” said Waqar Ahmad.He said the glass was bullet-proof and the bullet could not break it. The DPO said his cops fought bravely and caused casualties to the attackers despite some of the policemen were wounded after being hit from the back side. The casualty of police would have been higher had the escort car not been armoured from both sides.
Last month, an SP Asad Zubair was martyred in Hangu when his car was attacked by terrorists. His car was not armoured. And so are the vehicles of the majority of police officers and jawans, especially those deployed in the troubled districts.
