Officials report that an ambush in eastern Pakistan has claimed the lives of 12 police officers. After police vans carrying more than 20 officers were attacked in the district’s Machka area, six more officers were hurt.

One of Rahim Yar Khan’s riverine areas, the Machka area, is where the horrifying attack took place.Two police vans carrying over twenty officers were caught in rainwater in the area when bandits fired rockets at them, police officials told the media.

RAHIM YAR KHAN: On Thursday, bandits in the kacha area of Rahim Yar Khan launched a severe rocket attack on police vans in a riverine area, killing at least 12 police officers and injuring six more.

One of Rahim Yar Khan’s riverine areas, the Machka area, is where the horrifying attack took place.

Two police vans carrying over twenty officers were caught in rainwater in the area when bandits fired rockets at them, police officials told the media.