AFP News – Thu, Jul 12, 2012Gunmen on Thursday shot dead eight Pakistani policemen and wounded nine others after storming a building in the eastern city of Lahore where they were sleeping, police said.
The attackers targeted a building in the densely populated area of Ichra, where up to 35 police and prison staff were living, mostly officers from Pakistan's troubled northwest who were in Lahore for training.
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