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Gunmen kill Hindu temple guard in Peshawar
[DAWN] Two gunnies in the northwestern Pak city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. rubbed out a policeman standing guard outside a Hindu temple on Sunday, officials said, later fleeing the scene on a cycle of violence. The attack, which occurred in the downtown Jhanda Bazar area, was the latest target connected to Pakistain's minorities who make up some two per cent of the country's population of 180 million. "It appears to be a Death Eater attack. The gunnies killed the lone policeman on duty outside the Hindu temple and then escaped," Faisal Mukhtar, a senior police official, told AFP. Hindus are thought to number a few thousand in Peshawar, Pakistain's frontline city in its battle against al Qaeda and Talibs, though the community is rarely targeted. In November last year, a policeman standing guard outside a Pentecostal church in Peshawar was also rubbed out by unknown gunnies. In September, devastating double suicide kabooms at the historic All Saints church in the main city area of Peshawar left 82 people dead. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-27 |
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