ISLAMABAD, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were killed and three others injured when militants attacked their vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday morning, police sources said.

The incident happened at about 8:50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT) in the Tank district of the province, where unknown assailants opened fire on the vehicle before fleeing the scene, sources from the district police told Xinhua.

The vehicle was conducting routine patrols when it came under the attack, the sources added.

The injured policemen were rushed to a nearby hospital, where one of them is in critical condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, and security forces have cordoned off the area for investigations. Enditem

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