PESHAWAR: Five people including four policemen, among them an ASI, were killed as unidentified militants attacked a police convoy on Kohat Road near Zangali Checkpost wounding four policemen also some 20 kilometers from Peshawar on Monday.

The Station House Officer (SHO) of Badbher police station, Garanullah Khan told Dawn.com that the militants attacked two policemen near Zangli checkpost injuring them seriously.

He said the wounded policemen were being evacuated when the militants attacked the rescue party killing five including an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), three constables and a driver of the ambulance which was evacuating the injured.

Khan said two more constables injured in the ambush, adding that the wounded policemen have been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital for treatment.

No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows a recent surge in the Pakistani Taliban violence after its decision to not extend the ceasefire with the Pakistani government.