Police checkpost in Bara attacked with grenades.

KHYBER -- Armed men attacked a police checkpost in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal district on Saturday night, damaging a vehicle parked there.

Sources in Bara said that a group of militants hurled grenades at a checkpost, which was established inside a mosque in Merikhel locality.

They said that the attack caused fire to a vehicle parked inside the checkpost, while the attackers managed to escape when the policemen retaliated to the attack by opening fire.

Though the Bara police tried to cover up the...

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