PESHAWAR: A bank manager was killed and two others were injured when gunmen ambushed their vehicle in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, police said.

Gunmen riding a bike opened fire on the vehicle of a bank manager of a public sector bank in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan district.

The manager died in the firing, while two others were shot and taken to hospital.

Police contingents reached the site of the attack and sealed the entire area. A search operation has been started to nab the criminals.