Four politicians shot dead in Pakistan

Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen shot dead four politicians in northwest Pakistan, the News Network International news agency reported on Thursday.

Mouhammad Amin, a local leader of the ruling Nationalist Party in North West Frontier Province and three of his colleagues were shot dead late Wednesday night in Swat valley, said the report.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

The armed men ambushed their car at Deolai area, killing them on the spot, the agency quoted police as saying.