RAHIM YAR KHAN: On Thursday, kacha bandits assaulted police vans in a riverine area of Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, with rockets, resulting in the deaths of at least 12 police officers and the injury of six more.
One of Rahim Yar Khan’s riverine localities, the Machka neighborhood, is where the horrifying incident took place.
Two police vans carrying over twenty officers were caught in rains in the area when robbers fired rockets at them, police authorities informed the media.
Twelve police officers lost their lives in the violent attack, seven were injured, and five were reported missing, according to the authorities.
They claimed that after the injured officers were taken right away to the hospital, one of the injured officers passed away, taking the life of the other officers.
