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Article: 6 Die at Pakistan Christian School
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- August 5, 2002
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MURREE, Pakistan (AP) _ Masked gunmen firing Kalashnikov rifles burst
through the front gates of a Christian school Monday, killing six
people and wounding three in the latest attack against Western interests
since Pakistan joined the war against terrorism.
None of the 150 students, including 30 Americans, or the mostly British
staff was hurt in the attack against the Murree Christian School in
this resort town in the Himalayan foothills about 35 miles northeast
of the capital, Islamabad.
All the dead were Pakistanis, including two security guards, a receptionist,
a cook, a carpenter and a bystander, police said. A Filipino woman,
two of whose ...