Two officials of Pakistan Customs gunned down in an attack near York Toll Plaza in KP’s Dera Ismail Khan District

DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ISLAMABAD, April 21 (SABAH): Two officials of Pakistan Customs were gunned down in an attack near York Toll Plaza in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan District, police said on Sunday.

According to the law enforcement officials, four others sustained injuries in the gun attack and have been shifted to to District Headquarter Hospital Dera Ismail khan.

Police and personnel of other law-enforcement agencies scrambled to the crime scene and cordoned off the area. Police said the terrorists escaped before the arrival of law enforcers. A manhunt was launched for the arrest of the suspects.

Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack, reiterating that such cowardly acts could not shake the resolve of the government and the fight against terrorism would continue till their complete elimination.

The prime minister prayed for the departed souls and for the bereaved families to bear the losses with fortitude, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release. He said that looking after the bereaved families of the officials was now a responsibility of the government and directed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman to prepare shuhada package for the bereaved families.