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7 dead, power cut in Peshawar after attack on Pakistan power station
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Armed militants killed seven people early Tuesday while attacking and burning a power station that is the largest in Pakistan's the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
Peshawar Police Chief Imtiaz Altaf said dozens of militants were involved in attacking the power station in the Sheikh Mohammadi area of Badhber, in northwest Pakistan.
He said the militants attacked the station with rockets and mortars, cutting off electricity to half of Peshawar, the major city that serves as the provincial capital, and adjoining areas.
"The militants first killed a police constable and security guard of the Water and Power Department deployed on the main entrance of the power house," the police chief said.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569644-7-dead-power-cut-in-peshawar-after-attack-on-pakistan-power-station?lite
Peshawar Police Chief Imtiaz Altaf said dozens of militants were involved in attacking the power station in the Sheikh Mohammadi area of Badhber, in northwest Pakistan.
He said the militants attacked the station with rockets and mortars, cutting off electricity to half of Peshawar, the major city that serves as the provincial capital, and adjoining areas.
"The militants first killed a police constable and security guard of the Water and Power Department deployed on the main entrance of the power house," the police chief said.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569644-7-dead-power-cut-in-peshawar-after-attack-on-pakistan-power-station?lite
This happened yesterday, but I hadn't seen it on DU.
