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Article: Gunmen storm Christian school in Pakistan, kill 6; 'Resentment': Police commander says 'goal was to hit foreigners'
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 6, 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 children attend the school, was shot in
the ...