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Gunmen kill 7 coastguards in Gwadar
Gunmen attacked a coastguard checkpost in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing seven officials and wounding seven others, officials said. The incident happened in the Suntsar area of Gwadar district, 1,420 kilometres southwest of Quetta, the capital of the oil and gas rich Baluchistan province that borders Iran and Afghanistan.Around 24 gunmen armed with rockets and heavy weapons, attacked the checkpost and killed seven coastguard officials, provincial home secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told AFP. He said at least seven coastguard officials were also injured in the early morning attack. A local tribal police official Muhammad Ali also confirmed the attack and casualties and said the identity of the attackers was not immediately known. Posted by: Steve White 2013-07-28 |
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