Five dead as attackers storm Indian police station
Source: AFP
Indian security forces were Monday battling an armed attack on a police station near the Pakistan border in which at least five people have been killed.
Authorities said two police officers and three civilians had been confirmed dead in the ongoing siege in the northern state of Punjab, and at least seven more injured.
An AFP reporter at the scene said fierce firing could be heard around the police station in the town of Gurdaspur, bringing panicked residents out onto the streets.
Deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha said the attackers appeared to be holed up in the residential quarters of the police station and were "firing continuously".
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