Prisoners belonging to PTI freed in attack on police vans

ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen attacked jail vans on Sangjani Toll Plaza, freeing multiple prisoners belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) facing terrorism charges, ARY News reported citing police.

According to details, the attackers also shattered windows of two vans carrying around 100 prisoners mostly from Attock Jail, the police confirmed.

The law enforcers added that several high-profile PTI prisoners, who managed to escape, were taken into custody later.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi said that 18 to 20 assailants including an Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA’s son attacked three prisoner vans carrying 82 incarcerated persons.

The IGP Islamabad said that the police foiled the attack and rearrested the prisoners who managed to escape. The police also claimed to have arrested three attackers. He said that the prisoner vans were coming back from the court and came under attack near Sangjani Toll Plaza.

The Islamabad police spokesperson said that the attackers were armed with weapons, batons, and stones. He said that four cops were also injured in the attack while the teams are formed to apprehend the remaining attackers.

The spokesperson said the search operations are also launched in various areas to arrest the suspects.