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Pakistan: Six charity workers shot dead Pakistan: Seven charity workers shot dead
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Six charity workers, five of them women, have been shot dead in north-west Pakistan, police say. Seven charity workers, six of them women, have been shot dead in north-west Pakistan, police say.
The women were teachers who were attacked as the group was leaving a community centre. Their driver was also killed. All were Pakistani citizens. The women, some of them teachers, were attacked near a health and education community centre. A male colleague died with them. All were Pakistani citizens.
The vehicle they were travelling in was shot at as they were leaving the centre, reports said. Their vehicle came under gunfire near the centre run by Pakistani charity Ujala, or Light.
The incident happened in the Swabi district close to a road connecting Peshawar to the eastern city of Lahore.The incident happened in the Swabi district close to a road connecting Peshawar to the eastern city of Lahore.
No-one at the charity, which works in the education sector, was immediately available for comment.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack although militants in the conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province oppose female education and have attacked female students and their schools.
Last month, in a series of attacks, gunmen killed nine health workers taking part in a national polio vaccination drive.