DHAKA: A police constable guarding a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan was shot dead Sunday, authorities said.

Two assailants in a motorbike shot the policeman who was standing guard outside a temple in Peshawar, said Faisal Mukhtar, the city’s police superintendent.

Authorities do not have a motive for the attack, reports CNN.

Pakistan is a predominantly Muslim countries where other religions account for little more than 3% of the population.

The attack is reminiscent of a November attack in Peshawar where a police officer was shot dead while he was guarding a church.

In September, two suicide blasts at another church in the city killed more than 78 people and injured 100.

BDST: 1402 HRS, JAN 26, 2014