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| Seven police killed in Pakistan | Seven police killed in Pakistan |
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| Police in Pakistan say seven officers have been killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Mianwali in Punjab near restive North-West Frontier province. | Police in Pakistan say seven officers have been killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Mianwali in Punjab near restive North-West Frontier province. |
| Residents in the town heard gunfire and an explosion as the checkpoint building was attacked before dawn. | Residents in the town heard gunfire and an explosion as the checkpoint building was attacked before dawn. |
| Two policemen were shot dead, and the other five died in the explosion. | |
| A police spokesman said the attack "appears to be part of terrorist activity being carried out by militants across the country". | |
| On Thursday a suicide bomb attack killed 33 people, and left dozens more injured, in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan, also in Punjab. | On Thursday a suicide bomb attack killed 33 people, and left dozens more injured, in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan, also in Punjab. |
| Troops and police have been fighting pro-Taleban militants in North-West Frontier province. | Troops and police have been fighting pro-Taleban militants in North-West Frontier province. |
| Mianwali is on the eastern side of the Indus river which formed the boundary between Punjab and North-West Frontier provinces. |