Attack on northwest Pakistan police post kills 11 officers

Fifteen attackers were also killed during the hours-long raid in Pakistan’s northwestern Hangu district. An ambush on a police checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed at least 11 police officers and injured dozens, according to local authorities. The attack late on Wednesday took place in the Hangu district near the Afghan border. The attackers first used explosive-laden quadcopters to target the police post before ambushing it, according to a police statement.

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