According to the provincial police spokesman Jamal Barikzai, 3 attackers who obviously served as Taliban’s infiltrators within the police rank carried out the attack the crime at around 2:30 a.m. local time, killing 5 police and wounding 7 others.
2 attackers were killed in the firefight and the third one escaped, Barikzai said.
The wounded policemen were taken to hospital.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.