PESHAWAR: Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural Khurshid Khan among five other security personnel was killed and ten police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) men sustained injuries when the militants attacked two check posts of Mattani police station on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday night, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on 15 October, 2012.
In a surprise attack on the Ghaziabad and Frontier Road check posts at around 10pm, militants equipped with RPG-7 rockets and heavy machine guns, fired shots at the Mattani police station.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Fazal-e-Mula told Dispatch News Desk (DND) that SP Khan had reached the spot after the attack and was leading his men when he was hit by machine gun fire. His gunman was also among the dead.
“SP Khurshid is among the dead along with other men,” said Fazal-e-Mula, which Station House Officer Matani Ishrat Yar also confirmed.
DND
