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Armed militants ambushed and killed all six people in a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday.
Police officer Rab Nawaz Khan said the morning attack in the Dadewala area of Lakki Marwat district came during a routine patrol in a suburban area, reports ABC News.
The attackers escaped on motorcycles, Nawaz added.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamic militants had been involved in previous attacks on security forces.
Pakistani Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said in a statement that the patrol was ambushed on the way to a raid and the attackers acquired five police weapons from the confrontation.
Reinforcement has reached the scene, moved the bodies to a hospital and started an investigation to find the perpetrators, Nawaz Khan said.
Northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan borders Afghanistan and has seen Islamic militants largely known as Pakistani Taliban operate in the area for many years.
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