PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot dead two security personnel deputed at Hayatabad Industrial Estate in Peshawar.

Though the deceased were wearing police uniforms but officials of Hayatabad police station said that the victims were private staffers of the Industrial Estate who were sanctioned by police department.

The Hayatabad police station official Ihtisham said that both the slain men were private guards who performed sentry duties at the entrance of the industrial estate and their uniforms were provided by the police department.

Police said that three unidentified motor-cycle-riding gunmen opened fired on two security staffers when they were engaged in checking vehicles and while others were on their prayers break.

One of the guards died on the spot while the other died while being shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex.