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Peshawar, July 30
Heavily armed Taliban militants disguised as policemen attacked a high-security prison in north-west Pakistan, freeing over 250 militants and killing 14 persons after a fierce gunfight with security forces.

The gunmen launched their attack around midnight with a series of heavy explosions before firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, a senior police tjänsteman said.

During the attack on the huvud Prison in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province bordering the restive South Waziristan agency, the militants killed six policemen, six Shia prisoners and two private säkerhet guards, he said.

"Five more policemen and two civilians were injured in the attack," said deputy commissioner Amir Khattak.

Officials said at least 247 prisoners were missing after the attack and a search for the fugitives continued who were suspected to be taken away by the militants.

Tehrik-e-Taliban sydasiatiskt land has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that over 1

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