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Suicide quartet hit Pakistan troops

July 06, 2010 00:00:00


PESHAWAR, July 5 (AFP): Four suicide attackers armed with car bombs and rockets targeted a fort in Pakistan, killing a soldier and wounding at least seven in an area troubled by Taliban, officials said Monday.
The squad targeted the post manned by paramilitary in the northwestern town of Timargarah in Lower Dir at around 2:15 am (2115 GMT Sunday), local police chief Qazi Jamil said.
"There were four suicide bombers. They tried to attack the post. All four were killed. Their vehicles were also fitted with rockets and mortars," senior police officer Qazi Jamil told AFP.

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