In the Dera Ismail Khan area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, an unidentified gunman ambushed a team of Customs Intelligence, killing five officials and two civilians, including a five-year-old child. The assailants then fled the scene, according to authorities.
The assailants, who were lurking in the surrounding woods, opened heavy fire on the Customs Intelligence officers while they were performing normal checks at Saggo, according to the police. They further said that as a result, two civilians and five members of Customs Intelligence were slain.
The bodies were moved to the district headquarters hospital (DHQ) by a rescue 1122 crew.
The victims were recognized as citizens Safatullah and five-year-old Laiba Bibi, as well as Shahab Ali Khan, Attar Alam, Akbar Zaman, Inayatullah, and Muhammad Aslam of the Customs Intelligence.
The attackers had been concealed in the surrounding bushes on Daraban Road, according to the police.
Empties had been found in the bushes by the police during their first probe. They claimed it was impossible to instantly determine the exact number of attackers, who had all run from the scene.
In the Dera Ismail Khan area last month, a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of trucks leaving Tank, resulting in at least two fatalities and twenty-two wounded.
According to police, the convoy was struck by a suicide vehicle bombing close to a gas station in the vicinity of Hathala Police Station. They further mentioned that when the trucks were attacked, they were traveling from Tank to Dera Ismail Khan.
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