Three police killed, one injured in Shangla attack

PESHAWAR: Around two dozen Taliban armed with rocket launchers and automatic weapons attacked a police checkpost in Shangla Sunday, killing three policemen and wounding another, police said.

The militants struck before dawn in Shangla.

"Three policemen were killed and one injured in the attack," district police chief Jahanzeb Khan told AFP by telephone.

Shah Hussain, another senior police officer, said Taliban were involved in the attack.

"Taliban came from the nearby mountains and managed to flee after the attack," he said.

Militants have stepped up their activities, mostly targeting security forces, to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011