Peshawar, Dec 3 (PTI) Three Pakistani police officials were shot dead by unidentified gunmen who ambushed a police mobile van in northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.

The gunmen sprayed the police mobile van with bullets in Nowshera district of the province, killing the three police officials, officials said.

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A massive combing operation has been launched to arrest the gunmen. The attacks on police have witnessed considerable rise in recent days in Pakistan.

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