Three policemen gunned down in Hangu

HANGU: Unknown gunmen killed three policemen and several others were injured in Kotli area of Hangu Thursday morning, Geo News reported.

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the killings, which took place in Hangu district of the country's troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police blamed Taliban militants for the attack, saying they fired on a patrol party and fled.

"Taliban militants are active in this area and they are responsible for the attack," Hangu police chief Mian Mohammad Saeed told, adding that three officers were killed.

Gul Jamal, another senior police official, confirmed the incident and blamed "terrorists" for the attack.

"We have cordoned off the area and have launched a search operation," Jamal said.