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Pakistan: 59+ Police Cadets Killed in Attack on Training College

HeadlineOct 25, 2016

In Pakistan, dozens of police cadets and guards have been killed, after three gunmen with firearms and explosives stormed a police training college outside the city of Quetta Monday. This is the provincial home minister.

Sarfraz Bugti: “Following orders of the chief minister, an emergency has been declared in all hospitals. The rescue operation is going on. Reinforcements are coming. Contingents of Frontier Corps and police are arriving. Our focus is entirely on the operation.”

Pakistani security forces retook control of the police training college after four hours. Authorities say the gunmen belong to the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Quetta has seen a handful of deadly attacks by militant groups in recent years, including an attack on a hospital in August, when a suicide bombing killed 70 people, mostly lawyers.

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