PESHAWAR: Three Pakistani policemen were killed on Thursday when militants attacked a security checkpoint in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said, the latest in a surge of violence targeting law enforcement in the country’s northwest. The attack came just three days after suicide bombers stormed the headquarters of the Frontier Constabulary, a paramilitary force, in Peshawar on Monday, killing three personnel and injuring more than five.

Three security personnel killed in an attack on paramilitary headquarters in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Pakistani authorities said a suicide bombing targeting paramilitary police left three officers dead and 12 people injured, including seven civilians.

PESHAWAR: Three Pakistani policemen were killed on Thursday when militants attacked a security checkpoint in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said, the…