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March 30, 2009

Dozens Killed in Pakistan as Militants Seize Police Academy
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In Pakistan, gunmen seized a police training academy in Lahore and
killed as many as forty police officers before Pakistani officials were
able to retake the building after an eight-hour siege. As many as eighty
officers were injured. The Pakistani newspaper Daw said militants
attacked the police academy with machine guns and grenades. 850 young
cadets were inside the building when the assault began.



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