Pakistan Taliban kill six police officers in gun ambush
The Hindu
The death toll was confirmed by a second police official.
Six police officers were killed in an ambush in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, an assault claimed by the nation's homegrown Taliban.
The Pakistan Taliban share common lineage with the Afghan Taliban and have staged an increasing number of strikes in the year since Kabul fell into the hands of the hardline Islamists.
Gunmen with automatic rifles launched an attack at around 7 am (0200 GMT) on a police vehicle patrolling the village of Shahab Khel, 100 km (60 miles) from the Afghan border.
"All the six policemen were killed" under fire from both sides, Tariqullah Khan, a district official in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told AFP.
The death toll was confirmed by a second police official.
The Pakistan Taliban -- known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- said the police were "coming for a raid" when they were gunned down.
It said in a statement to AFP its own fighters "managed to reach their base safely" after looting weapons and ammunition.
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