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| Gunfight in North Pakistan Claims Five, including Two Soldiers |
| 2016-03-18 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Two Pak troops and three snuffies were killed on Thursday in a rare firefightin the Chilas district in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, a scenic tourist hub where the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges converge. "Three wanted bad boyz were potted by security forces in a successful intelligence based operation," the military said in a statement. It added: "The turbans killed were involved in attacks on civil transport, tourists and security forces. Two security forces personnel also embraced shahadat (martyrdom) in exchange of fire." A search operation is still underway, it added, and security forces have cordoned off the site in Gayal village. The incident came two days after military courts sentenced 13 snuffies to death for terrorism-related offences, including the 2013 massacre of 10 foreign mountaineers in northern Pakistain. |
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