A police constable was martyred and three other personnel were abducted when terrorists attacked the Shalmas Pir Ziarat police post in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (K-P's) Hangu on Sunday night, Hangu District Police Officer (DPO) Salahuddin Kundi said on Monday. According to the DPO, the terrorists took the three personnel towards Khanano Kot in the Samana mountain range. A heavy contingent of police and security forces reached the scene, where an exchange of fire with the terrorists took place. Police personnel later regained control of the post on Shah Almas Pir Mountain and launched a pursuit operation against the attackers, the DPO said. The martyred constable was identified as Feroz Ali. His funeral prayers were offered with full state honours at the Police Lines in Hangu. DPO Kundi, along with police and security forces officers and personnel, attended the funeral. The DPO and other officials laid floral wreaths on the coffin and paid tribute to the constable's sacrifice. Read: Lack of political ownership weakened counterterrorism efforts, says K-P governor Following the funeral prayers, the martyred constable's body was transported with full state honours to his native village of Ibrahimzai. K-P has witnessed a series of attacks targeting police personnel in recent months. On October 8, Station House Officer Daud Khan and his gunman, Farhad, were martyred when armed men opened fire on a police patrol near the Karak-Kohat boundary. Earlier, on September 28, three traffic police personnel were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Tank district. On September 25, Counter-Terrorism Department Constable Muhammad Afaq was martyred, and three other personnel were injured during an intelligence-based operation against suspected suicide attackers in Peshawar’s Garhi Sherdad area. One of the deadliest recent attacks took place on September 18, when a blast followed by an assault at Kohat Police Lines killed 15 police personnel among 23 people. Eight attackers were killed during the subsequent clearance operation.