Three rockets fired at Peshawar police

PESHAWAR: Three rockets were fired in yet another attack on the most vulnerable Arbab Tapu post of Matani Police Station on Kohat Road here Sunday. There was, however, no casualty or damage.

The attack on the post, located on the boundary between Peshawar and Darra Adamkhel tribal region, occurred late Sunday evening. The projectiles landed close to the police post but did not cause any casualty or damage.

Two days earlier, two rockets landed near the Badaber PAF Base while another hit a house in Gulberg No 2, causing no damage or casualty. The Matani Police Station was also attacked with two rockets a couple of days back. The volatile police station is facing frequent attacks from Darra Adamkhel and Khyber Agency.

Last month, three policemen were killed in mortar shelling at the Arbab Tapu police post. One of the deceased, Nooran Shah, was the expert of heavy weapons. Eleven people were killed in a suicide attack on the FC camp near the Arbab Tapu post while two cops were killed in another suicide hit on Sra Khawra post of the Matani Police Station during the past two months.

Numerous rocket attacks on police and FC establishments in the jurisdiction of the police station have been reported as terrorists fire rockets and mortars, targeting Matani police establishments almost thrice a week.