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July 30, 2013

Pakistan: Roughly 250 Prisoners Escape in Prison Attack 
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In northwest Pakistan, dozens of Taliban militants attacked a prison
overnight and freed roughly 250 prisoners. At least 12 people were
killed as attackers, many of them dressed as police, deployed
explosives, fired machine guns and reportedly cut the throats of some
Shiite minority prisoners.

 

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