Fresh attacks in Pakistan
VOXAFRICA.COM | 31-12-1969 20:00
Officials have reported at least 37 people killed in a series of attacks by gun men on security forces in Pakistan. In the capital of Lahore, militants opened fire on the offices of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) including two police training centres where around 26 people died. In the north western town of Kohat, a suicide bomber ...
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