A policeman was killed and three others were injured after some unknown gunmen opened fire at their vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Monday, local Urdu media reported.

The militants sprayed bullets at the vehicle of newly formed City Petrol Force of police when the cops were on routine patrolling near Ring Road area of Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Express News said.

The injured policemen have been shifted to a nearby hospital where one of them is said to be in critical condition.

Outlawed organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed the attack in an email to local media.

Police has cordoned off the area for investigations. Endit

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