Two policemen, guard shot dead in Peshawar

Guard was in a fight with two armed men, who opened fire when police asked them to surren­der their Kalash­nikovs.

PESHAWAR: Three people, including two policemen, were shot dead in the Civil Colony, Kohat Road in the jurisdiction of Banamarhi Police Station on Monday night. A passerby was also injured in the incident.

According to details, two policemen of the Banamarhi rider squad and a guard of Civil Colony were shot by two unknown men armed with AK-47 Kalashnikov rifles.

The guard Kishawar Khan, resident of Mashogagar village, was in a fight with the two armed men when the police also arrived. The armed men opened fire at the policemen and the guard when the police asked them to surrender their rifles. The police had also seized their motorcycle.

The miscreants managed to escape after the shooting.

SHO Granullah told The Express Tribune that it was not a terrorist attack and confirmed that constables Sadeequllah and Karimullah of the rider squad were killed along with the guard.