Six attackers take away three accused from police custody.

SIALKOT -- Six unidentified armed motorcyclists managed to get three murder accused freed from custody during an attack on the police van on the Khawaja Safdar Road on Sunday.

Muradpur police had arrested Imran, Safiyan and Tazeem on Saturday in a triple murder case.

The police presented the accused before the court of a magistrate and got three-day physical remand for them. They were shifting the accused back to the Muradpur Police Station in a police van when six unidentified armed men, riding motorcycles, attacked the van on the Khawaja Safdar Road. The attackers opened fire on van and got Imran, Safiyan and Tazeem freed from...

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