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| Pakistan attack: Deadly raid on Peshawar power plant | Pakistan attack: Deadly raid on Peshawar power plant |
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| At least seven people have been killed in an attack by dozens of militants on an electricity plant on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar. | At least seven people have been killed in an attack by dozens of militants on an electricity plant on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar. |
| A policeman and a plant employee were killed on the spot and nine people were taken hostage, police said. | A policeman and a plant employee were killed on the spot and nine people were taken hostage, police said. |
| Five bodies were later recovered from a nearby field but the whereabouts of the four remaining hostages are unknown. | Five bodies were later recovered from a nearby field but the whereabouts of the four remaining hostages are unknown. |
| No group has said it carried out the raid, but the Taliban frequently launch attacks in the region. | No group has said it carried out the raid, but the Taliban frequently launch attacks in the region. |
| The attack temporarily disrupted power to parts of the city - the supply has now been restored. | The attack temporarily disrupted power to parts of the city - the supply has now been restored. |
| The assault by militants armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades took place in the early hours of Tuesday in the southern Badh Bher suburb of Peshawar, an area frequently targeted by militants, correspondents say. | The assault by militants armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades took place in the early hours of Tuesday in the southern Badh Bher suburb of Peshawar, an area frequently targeted by militants, correspondents say. |
| "They attacked the power station at around 02:30 (21:30 GMT Monday). They killed two officials on the spot," Javed Khan, a senior police official in the area, told Agence France-Presse news agency. | "They attacked the power station at around 02:30 (21:30 GMT Monday). They killed two officials on the spot," Javed Khan, a senior police official in the area, told Agence France-Presse news agency. |
| The dead include police officers and employees of the power plant. | The dead include police officers and employees of the power plant. |
| "They entered the grid station and started setting ablaze each and every thing," police official Mohammad Ishaq told Reuters news agency. | |
| "They kidnapped nine people and killed five of them later and threw their bodies in the fields." | |
| The BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says that there had been fears militants would step up attacks in advance of elections to be held in May. | The BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says that there had been fears militants would step up attacks in advance of elections to be held in May. |