The incident took place on Monday when the militants, armed with explosive vests, guns, grenades and rockets, stormed the police station in Kaki district, located in southwest of Bannu town.
"Three militants attacked the Kaki police station. They killed three policemen and two civilians," Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province information minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said.
Repots say two attackers were also among the those killed.
Medics said that a wounded civilian later died of his injuries in hospital.
"There were nine injured, including six policemen and three civilians. A wounded civilian later expired," said Bannu hospital chief Mohammed Iqbal.
Police said that the police station, a nearby mosque, a house and three shops were damaged during the attack that lasted around an hour.
Pakistani militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
"We will continue such attacks against this secular government," Tehrik-e-Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said after the attack.
Since late 2009, there has been a surge in militant attacks in Pakistan and thousands more have been displaced by the wave of violence and militancy sweeping across the country.
Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001, when Pakistan joined an alliance with the United States in the so-called war on terror.
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