A policeman is reported to have been martyred in a hand grenade attack at Peshawar’s Karkhono Market on Friday (today).
Officials say that the police van was stationed in the Karkhono Market when the hand grenade was thrown on it by unidentified suspects. They added that the suspects fled the scene after throwing the hand grenade.
A policeman has embraced martyrdom, whereas another has been wounded in the grenade attack.
Law enforces said that the rescue teams and additional police have been dispatched to the crime scene. While the martyred cop’s body and the injured has been admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex.
The incident took place next to Taj market. The police were on a patrol to check coronavirus SOP violations.