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BANNU, Dec 4: A constable was killed and 13 police and FC personnel were injured when suspected militants attacked a police station near here on Thursday morning.

The station was destroyed in the attack carried out with rockets, missiles, hand-grenades and other weapons.

According to officials, the militants tried to storm the Haveda police station, but security personnel forced them to retreat.

The funeral of the constable, Nekmatullah Khan, was held in the police lines ground and was attended by a large number of people.

The body was later handed over to relatives.

The injured — Sadar Nawaz, Ihsanullah, Ajmal Khan and ASI Ghulam Mohammad of police and Ashfaq Ahmed, Noor Aslam, Asad Iqbal, Tanveer, Ahmed Ali Shaha, Munir Ahmed, Jalil, Mohammad Tariq and Sher Zaman of FC — were taken to the Bannu DHQ hospital.