Three policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were killed in a gun attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district on Wednesday, Aaj News reported.
The incident took place in the Banda Daud Shah area when unidentified assailants opened fire on a police patrol, according to the report.
Station House Officer Sarfraz Umar was among the dead.
Police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to trace the attackers.
The development comes hours after six people were killed after unknown assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Kurram district.
“This morning, armed men targeted a vehicle belonging to a member of the Sunni community from Para Chamkani,” local administrative official Amir Nawaz Khan said.
“Six people inside the vehicle were killed.”