Militant attack kills 4 in north Pakistan

At least four people including three policemen were killed in an attack by unknown militants targeting police check post on Monday in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan, said officials.
A senior police official, SHO Khanullah confirmed the death of three cops and a 15-year-old boy in the attack by unidentified gunmen in Qazi pump area of Hangu district in KPK. Another police official, DPO Anwar Saeed Kundi said, "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." The security forces immediately cordoned off the area and a search operation went underway for the culprits.
Hangu borders the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai, one of Pakistan's seven lawless districts on the Afghan border considered strongholds of the militants.