This Article is From Jul 08, 2012

One dead in Pakistan police check post attack

Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen in a car opened fire at a police check post in Islamabad on Saturday, killing one policeman, a media report said.

The incident took place around 5 p.m. in the city's southern I-9 sector, Xinhua reported citing Urdu TV channel Dunya.

The gunmen opened fire when police tried to stop the car. A police officer named Azhar Abbasi was wounded in the attack and later died at a hospital.

Police chased the car, but the gunmen left it at a graveyard in the neighbourhood and fled the scene.

At least 20 terror attacks have been foiled in the capital this year. A large number of explosives, suicide jackets and weapons have been seized, police said.
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