AT LEAST SIX DEAD AFTER MILITANTS ATTACK POLICE PATROL IN NW PAK

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Armed militants ambushed and killed all six people in a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.

Police officer Rab Nawaz Khan said the morning attack in the Dadewala area of Lakki Marwat district came during a routine patrol in a suburban area. The attackers escaped on motorcycles.

Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamic militants had been involved in previous attacks on security forces.

Mohammad Khurasani, who said he is a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said in a statement that the patrol was ambushed on the way to a raid and the attackers acquired five police weapons from the confrontation.

Khan said reinforcement has reached the scene, moved the bodies to a hospital and started an investigation to find the perpetrators.