9 policemen killed, 3 injured in terrorist attack in Pakistan

According to the local media reports, six unknown gunmen coming in three motorbikes launched an attack on a house in the city, where some 30 policemen lived inside and and sprayed bullets on them indiscriminately. They run away on the motorbikes after the attack.

All the police living inside the house came from the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for receving a three-month training in the Camp Jail of Lahore.

Their training is scheduled to be completed on July 28.

The attack took place at about 5:45 a.m. local time Thursday morning. All the gunmen were wearing masks over their faces during the attack. Three gunmen waited outside the house while the other three carrying automatic weapons entered the house and launched the attack, said police and eyewitnesses.

At the time of the attack there were 12 policemen inside the house while the 23 others had left the house for breakfast.

The house where the policemen lived is a two-storeyed building located on the Tippu Sultan Road in the Ichra area of the city.

City Police Chief Aslam Tareen confirmed the attack and said it was obviously a target killing.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack yet.

Source: Xinhua