(MENAFN) The additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Islamabad said that, at least two policemen died and another was wounded on Wednesday night when some unidentified militants opened fire at a police check post here.
ADC Waseem Khan said that, the militants opened fire at the check post close to a vegetable market at the outskirts of the city and ran away.
One policeman died right at the spot and two others got wounded and were transferred to a hospital in Islamabad where one of them succumbed to injuries.
The reason of the firing is being ascertained by collecting evidence from the site, yet, no group or individual has claimed responsibility, as said by the official.
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