Information About Incident 66517-135380-343424 in Swabi Pakistan

Go back to Swabi

A group of about 20 militants equipped with heavy weapons attacked the Natyan police-post in Swabi District.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Swabi District
• Matched District: Swabi
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: A group of about 20 militants equipped with heavy weapons
• Subject: the Natyan police - post in Swabi District

Context

This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.

Meanwhile, four militants were killed by Policemen at Natyan Police-post in Swabi District on November 20, reports Daily Times. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police chief Nasir Khan Durrani announced PKR 100,000 cash award and commendation certificates for the Police party that repulsed the attack. A group of about 20 militants equipped with heavy weapons attacked the Natyan police-post in Swabi District. The Police jawans deputed at the post fought back after getting reinforcements. The fierce fighting between Police and terrorists continued for about two hours, leaving four militants dead. According to Swabi Police, the militants were equipped with rocket launchers and automatic weapons and ambushed the Police checkpost. During the exchange of firing, four attackers were killed, while their accomplices escaped.

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.

Geocode of Incident

Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.

Related Incidents

In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events: