Pakistan gunfight kills three police, one gunman

AFP, PESHAWAR, Pakistan: At least three police were killed and eight wounded early Wednesday in a gunfight with armed men holed up in a house on the outskirts of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan.
Senior police official Mian Saeed said the gunmen opened fire after police launched a routine house-to-house search in Urmar Payan village, triggering a gunfight which lasted more than half an hour.
“Three policemen were killed and eight wounded in the exchange of fire. One attacker was also killed while others fled the area,” Saeed told AFP. Peshawar has suffered numerous Taliban attacks but he said it was not yet clear if the gunmen were militants or criminals.
The attackers used a grenade and fired a mortar, Saeed said, adding that the police had fought bravely despite casualties and forced them to flee. Police later recovered “mortar shells and other explosive material” from the house.

Pakistan gunfight kills three police, one gunman

AFP, PESHAWAR, Pakistan: At least three police were killed and eight wounded early Wednesday in a gunfight with armed men holed up in a house on the outskirts of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. Senior police official Mian Saeed said the gunmen opened fire after police launched a routine house-to-house search in Urmar Payan village, triggering a gunfight which lasted more than half an hour. Three policemen were killed and eight wounded in the exchange of fire. One attacker was also killed while others fled the area, Saeed told AFP. Peshawar has suffered numerous Taliban attacks but he said it was not yet clear if the gunmen were militants or criminals. The attackers used a grenade and fired a mortar, Saeed said, adding that the police had fought bravely despite casualties and forced them to flee. Police later recovered mortar shells and other explosive material from the house.