Tassie couple in gun terror.

Aug 06, 2002 (The Mercury

ABIX via COMTEX) -- Tasmanian teachers Russell and Sue Morton were working at a school in Pakistan when gunmen killed six people there. Masked attackers forced their way into the main campus of Murree Christian School in the Himalayan foothills, firing their weapons indiscriminately for 10 to 15 minutes. The gunmen escaped, and no Australians or students at the boarding school were hurt. Russell Morton indicated in an e-mail to his sister-in-law that two security guards, a cook, a reception clerk, a carpenter and a bystander were killed in the attack. Pakistani authorities believe the gunmen intended to kill foreigners in the attack, which was the ...

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