Militants kill four in Hangu

Militants open fire, killing three policemen and a passer-by

PESHAWAR: Militants attacked a check post in Hangu Monday and shot dead four people including three policemen, police said.

The town is 120 kilometres southwest of Peshawar.

"At least four militants riding a car stopped at a police check post and three of them opened fire killing three policemen and a passer-by," district police chief Anwar Saeed Kundi told AFP.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.