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| Gunmen attack police convoy in Mardan |
| 2010-04-12 |
| [Dawn] Police said gunmen attacked a police patrol in northwestern Pakistan, killing one officer and wounding two others. Local police official Jawed Khan said the gunmen ambushed the police before dawn Sunday as they were traveling in a van across a bridge in the town of Mardan. Khan said authorities also found the body of a second police officer at a checkpoint several kilometers from the ambush site. The officer's throat had been cut. Mardan is located in North West Frontier Province, an area where the military has battled a persistent Taliban insurgency. |
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