Suspected militants gun down 2 cops in Swabi

SWABI: In an apparent targetted attack, suspected militants gunned down two policemen at the busy Karnal Sher Khan Chowk in the district headquarters here on Friday.
Police and eyewitnesses said the cops were performing duty at the busy square when they were targeted.
They included Gohar Khan from Kalu Khan village and Arshad Khan hailing from Pajman village located in the Gadoon Amazai mountainous area.
“The two policemen were regulating the flow of traffic when the two militants opened fire on them. The people started running for cover when the firing started,” an eyewitness said.
The wounded policemen were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Swabi town where the doctor pronounced them dead.
Officials said the attack on the cops could be a reaction to the recent killing of the four militants.
It may be recalled that the police killed four suspected militants in a clash in Swabi on Wednesday.
Five killed in Malakand accident: Five persons, including two minor girls, were killed and 14 others sustained injuries when a passenger van plunged into a ravine in Khadagzai area in Malakand Agency on Friday.
Hospital sources said that a passenger van was heading to Batkhela from Lower Dir when it fell into a ravine in Khadagzai area.
Five persons identified as Fazl Khan, Afzal Khan, Said Qayyum, three-year-old Madina Bibi and Sumbal Bibi were killed on the spot while 14 others sustained injuries.
Some of the injured included Saidullah, Amir Nawab, Abdul Wali, Inamullah, Hazrat Gul, Bushra Bibi, Rasheeda Bibi and Sumaira Bibi.
Following the incident, the locals and volunteers reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to the hospitals in Batkhela and Timergara.