ATTOCK Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a Polish engineer in northern Pakistan, and shot dead his two drivers and a security guard during the abduction, police said.

The kidnapping took place near the village of Pind Sultani in Attock district about 110 kilometres (68 miles) northeast of Islamabad, police said.

“Three Pakistanis, a security guard and two drivers, were shot dead by unknown gunmen as they kidnapped Peter Stanczak, a Polish engineer working with an oil company in the area,” police official Kazim Ali told AFP.

The gunmen left the engineers company car at the scene, fleeing in their own vehicle, he said, adding that police had cordoned off the area to search for the kidnap victim.