Culprits involved in the incident will be arrested soon, IG-KP
\nHaqnawaz Shinwari
\nPESHAWAR
\nStation House Officer (SHO) Shahpur Police Station Shakil Khan was martyred when unknown assailants opened fire on him near Peshawar\u2019s Northern bypass on Thursday morning.
\nAccording to police, SHO Shakil Khan was on his way to work from home when another car came from behind and intercepted him.
\nEye witnesses told media and police that two armed gunmen got out of the car and fired with a rifle and a 9mm pistol.
\nCapital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar Muhammad Ijaz after visiting the scene claimed the attack on SHO Shahpure Police Station as an act of terrorism.
\nHe said this was a continuation of attacks in which personnel of law enforcement agencies have been targeted in the city.
\nThe police have started a search operation to arrest the attackers.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that terrorist attacks on law enforcement agencies and members of minority community have increased in the province. During the last two weeks it has been observed that three attacks were carried out by the terrorists groups in Peshawar.
\n Earlier a day an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer was shot dead and another officer injured by unknown attackers in the provincial capital.
\nThis was the second attack targeting the law enforcement agencies officers in broad daylight in Peshawar in the last two days.
\nDuring the last week, terrorists attacked two members of the Sikh community and killed them. The incidents of terrorism have seen an unprecedented surged.
\nLater on, the funeral prayer of martyred SHO Shakil Khan was offered at Malik Saad Police Line Peshawar. A large number of police officers including IGP Moazam Jah Ansari attended the funeral prayer.
\n The IGP also laid a floral wreath on the martyr\u2019s body.
\nTalking to media on this occasion IG-KP said that police have played fundamental role in the elimination of terrorists and miscreants across province and a number of operations have been conducted against terrorists, assured police and people that law and order situation would restored.
\nHe said inquiry has been launched to dig-out real culprits involved in the heinous crime of targeting SHO Shahpure martyred Shakil Khan.
\nFollowing the incident, police also accessed to the CCTV footage of the gruesome incident in which an unidentified person fire on the SHO\u2019s vehicle near Chakmani Bridge Peshawar and fled the scene.
\nUnidentified gunmen opened fire indiscriminately on the vehicle and got back into their vehicle and easily escaped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Culprits involved in the incident will be arrested soon, IG-KP Haqnawaz Shinwari PESHAWAR Station House Officer (SHO) Shahpur Police Station Shakil Khan was martyred when unknown assailants opened fire on him near Peshawar\u2019s Northern bypass on Thursday morning. According to police, SHO Shakil Khan was on his way to work from home when another car […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n