Two separate attacks at police on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad and its adjacent city Rawalpindi left at least two police personnel, including an officer, killed and two others injured, police and local media said.

 

Deputy Inspector General of Islamabad police Afzaal Kausar said in a statement that some unknown gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire with automatic weapons at a police party in the Sector G-13 area of the capital on Sunday night.

 

A sub-inspector of police and two constables sustained injuries in the attack, said the officer.

 

Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the injured to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad, where one of the police constables succumbed to the injuries during treatment, local media reported.

 

The officer said that police personnel were on their routine patrolling duty when they came under the attack.

 

"They tried to stop a motorcycle for search, but the riders opened fire (at) the personnel," said the police officer, adding that the area has been cordoned off and search operation is in progress.