Two intelligence officers shot dead in Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen shot dead two intelligence officers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Nowshera, police said.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead two intelligence officers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Nowshera, police said on Sunday.

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The armed men fired indiscriminately at Military Intelligence officer Aftab Alam and Naik Ameer Hamza in front of their homes in a military residential colony in Nowshera cantonment, they said.

Both personnel died instantly.

Despite strict security arrangements within the military colony, the gunmen escaped from the spot in a car.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.