SUSPECTED extremists riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing two of them and wounding two others.
The attack happened yesterday in Tank, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police said.
No group has claimed responsibility but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who often target security forces. The TTP, who are outlawed in Pakistan, are separate from but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban.
The violence came a day after at least three people died in clashes in Jamrud between police and supporters of banned right group Pashtun Protection Movement, which allegedly backs TTP. — AP
