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On the afternoon of 5 May, local traffic police conducted a stop of a vehicle driven by armed militants, who began firing at the officers. [1] Over the course of an extended shootout, 3 officers and a militant were killed, [3] and several more, including civilians, were injured. Some of the assailants are reported to have successfully fled by vehicle, prompting a manhunt, [4] [2] while 2 others were injured and detained thereafter.
In the aftermath of the shootout, 2 police officers, [1] [2] and 3 civilians, [4] including a 17-year old girl were brought into a local hospital for treatment. The injured militants were also brought there, and one of them later succumbed to their injuries. [3]
Due to no group claiming responsibility and the successful escape of several of the militants, it is yet to be known if the militants had any affiliations to active Islamist groups in the region or were acting on their own. [4]
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