PESHAWAR: Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in Peshawar on Monday, police said, in an attack claimed by Daesh.
Akbar Ali, an intelligence sub-inspector, was on his way to work and waiting at a bus stop near his home in Charsadda district when the gunmen opened fire, Suhail Khalid, district police chief, told AFP.
"Akbar Ali was hit by four bullets from the front and was killed on the spot," he said, adding that the attackers used a 9mm pistol and fled the scene.
The attack was later claimed by Daesh in a short statement posted on Amaq, its affiliated news agency.
"Islamic State fighters have killed a Pakistan intelligence agent in the Sardaryab region... of Pakistan," it said, referring to the local area.
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