Pakistan police academy attacked
30 Mar 2009
Source: BBC News
 TV images showed Pakistani soldiers advancing outside the academy |
An armed group has attacked a police training academy in eastern Pakistan with hand grenades and assault rifles.
Officials say at least eight people were killed at the academy, near the city of Lahore, and more than 20 police personnel are reported injured.
TV footage showed several police officers lying motionless on the ground inside the school.
The attack comes less than a month after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.
In that attack, six policemen were killed, while up to 14 gunmen escaped.
'Firing continuing'
An intelligence official in Lahore told Reuters 10 police officers had been killed and 50 people wounded.
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"Some gunmen entered the centre, threw hand grenades and then started firing," he said.
"They are still in the building and firing is continuing," he said.
Police officer Syed Ahmad Mobin told the Associated Press it was "complete panic".
"We do not have any idea how many the attackers are, and how many of them are dead, or hiding in nearby buildings. We are fighting them," he said.
Elite troops have now been called to the academy, named as the Manawan police training school by local media.
The Manawan academy is on the road from Lahore to the border with India.
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