Gunment attack FRP vehicle, two killed

PESHAWAR: Two persons were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) official in Gulbahar area of Peshawar Thursday morning, Geo News reported.

The attack came hours after suicide bombers and gunmen targeted the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the southern town of Sukkur, sparking a shootout that left seven people dead, two officials and five attackers.

"The deputy commander of Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) Gul Wali Khan was going to his office from home when four people on two motorbikes lay in wait on both sides of the road," police official Imran Shahid said.

"They opened fire on his vehicle. His bodyguard and his driver have been killed," Shahid told.

A spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar said the commander was in critical condition.

"We have received two dead bodies and the situation of the deputy commander is critical. He has been hit by three bullets and he is in surgery," the spokesman told.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.