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Three Chinese workers have been shot dead in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, police say.Three Chinese workers have been shot dead in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, police say.
A fourth Chinese worker was hurt in the attack at an auto-rickshaw factory.A fourth Chinese worker was hurt in the attack at an auto-rickshaw factory.
"As they were coming out of their factory, they were ambushed," an official of the provincial government told Reuters news agency."As they were coming out of their factory, they were ambushed," an official of the provincial government told Reuters news agency.
Several Chinese women were briefly held hostage recently at an Islamabad mosque now being besieged by security forces.Several Chinese women were briefly held hostage recently at an Islamabad mosque now being besieged by security forces.
The women were accused by the mosque students of involvement in prostitution and were only freed after the authorities promised to shut down certain massage parlours in the capital.
Chinese workers have also been targeted in recent years by separatist militants in the western province of Balochistan.
Three Chinese engineers were shot dead in the province in February last year.
Sunday's attack took place as the Chinese workers were leaving their factory.
The North West Frontier Province, of which Peshawar is the capital, is the scene of frequent clashes between security forces and militants allied to the Taleban movement, active in neighbouring Afghanistan.