At least five people were killed and two others wounded Friday following two attacks here that targeted police personnel, officials said. Three officers and a civilian were killed when gunmen opened fire on their van as they dined at a restaurant. "The policemen were breaking their fast at a local restaurant at Landi Akhun Ahmed neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city when unknown assailants opened indiscriminate firing on their van killing three policemen and a waiter of the restaurant on the spot," senior police official Muhammad Faisal told AFP.
He said two other policemen were injured, adding that they are out of danger. Muhammad Ijaz, the Peshawar police chief, also confirmed the incident. Earlier in the morning, a police van was blown up with an improvised explosive device (IED) at the centre of the city killing one police official.