Six cops, 3 militants die in NWFP clashes

MIRANSHAH (Agencies) - At least six policemen and three militants were killed in gunfights in two cities of NWFP, police said Sunday.
Three policemen were killed and five others injured on Sunday when local Taliban fired rockets at a police pickup near the northwestern town of Lakki Marwat, senior police official Mohammad Alim Shinwari said.
Separately, three policemen and three Taliban were killed and 12 others injured after insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the northwestern town of Bannu late Sunday, Shinwari said.