PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Gunmen shot and killed four policemen in one attack on a patrol in northwest Pakistan and in another attack in the south two policemen were killed and two others wounded, police said Sunday. Police official Arif Khan said the first attack took place Sunday in the Kohat district, about 90 kilometres south of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It had been involved in previous such attacks in the province, which borders Afghanistan. Area police officer Mohammad Ejaz said the attack took place in the Bahadurabad area, where a police patrol was stationed. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, another extremist group considered close to the Islamic State group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2017 08:26 UTC