Gunmen kill 4 Pakistani police near border with Afghanistan

Four Pakistani police officers were killed by gunmen near the Afghan border on Wednesday.

Unidentified gunmen attacked a police patrol overnight in northwest Pakistan, killing four before fleeing the scene, a police official said Wednesday.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack in Lakki Marwat, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. Police official Umar Khan said a search operation for the culprits was still underway.