A senior police official was shot dead today while another official sustained injuries when unidentified armed men attacked their vehicle in this restive northwestern city of Pakistan, police said.
The incident occurred in militancy stricken Shahdara area of Swat district in Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) province.
DSP Ilyas posted at Shangla district was returning from Swat when some armed men opened indiscriminate firing at his vehicle, killing him on the spot and leaving injured a police constable.
The attackers escaped after killing the police official.
The security forces and police rushed to the area and started search operation in the area.
An FIR has been registered at the Counter terrorism department (CTD) of Swat.
This is the third assassination of police officials in KP during the last 24 hours.
Two police constables were gunned down yesterday in Lakki Marwat district bordering South Waziristan Agency.
