Three police personnel were martyred and two others injured as suspected terrorists attacked a checkpost in Kargah early Saturday morning. According to police, eight to 10 suspected terrorists attacked the checkpost in Manjiye area of Kargah, located at a distance of 45 kilometres from Gilgit.
Police said two of the attackers were killed in retaliatory fire.
The injured personnel were taken to District Headquarters Hospital Gilgit. Soon after the incident, police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
A number of terrorist incidents have been reported from Gilgit-Baltistan region lately. Last week, at least 12 girls schools were attacked in Chilas, which is situated at a distance of 130 kilometres from Gilgit. Unidentified persons attacked the schools, damaged the property and also torched some items in the schools. Following the attack, search operations were carried out in the region during which at least 16 suspects were arrested, according to the GB government.
Published in Daily Times, August 12th 2018.
