Islamabad: Gunmen attacked a Christian school North of Islamabad on August 5, killing five Pakistanis including two guards and a cook, police and Interior Ministry officials said.

The unidentified assailants sprayed bullets on the Christian high school in Murree, a popular hill resort town 40 kilometres North East of Islamabad, at midday, local police officer Mohammad Yasin said.

An Interior Ministry official said two security guards, a cook, and two unidentified Pakistanis were killed. It was unclear if the two unidentified victims were students.

Yasin said the school was surrounded by "military installations".

Several Christian schools run by Pakistani missionaries and a number of Army training and logistics bases are located around Murree.