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Article: Gunmen storm Christian school in Pakistan, killing six
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- August 5, 2002
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Dateline: MURREE, Pakistan
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 70 kilometers (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 ...