Gunmen kill five policemen in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed five police officers on patrol in Peshawar late Monday, police said.

A civilian driving a passing car was also killed, with two policemen and another civilian left wounded in the attack in the town of Badaber.

"(An) unknown number of attackers ambushed the police patrol, five policemen and a driver of a private vehicle have been killed," senior police official Najeeb Ur Rehman told AFP.

"When policemen tried to move to a safer place another group of attackers opened fire from that side," Rehman said, adding the attackers then fled the scene.

Mohammad Ijaz Khan, police chief for Peshawar, confirmed the incident.