Information About Incident 59969-119820-303447 in Poonch Pakistan

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After receiving information, a Police party of Ouch Police Station rushed to the incident site but the militants fired a rocket at the Police van, killing three Policemen on the spot.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Police van
• Matched District: Poonch
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the militants
• Subject: three Policemen on the spot

Context

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Four Policemen and a Malakand University security guard were killed and three others were injured in a gunfight with militants on the premises of the campus on March 17-night, according to The News. The Taliban later arrested 14 militants involved in the incident in a search operation. Sources said about 40 armed men in the guise of Taliban arrived at the university s main entrance and opened fire on the guard, Khaliqdad, for offering resistance. The guard sustained serious bullet injuries. After receiving information, a Police party of Ouch Police Station rushed to the incident site but the militants fired a rocket at the Police van, killing three Policemen on the spot. The Police van driver Muhammad Nazeer and security guard Khaliqdad succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Meanwhile, the militants escaped in two vans of the university, leaving behind their own vehicles and some arms. Sources said soon after the incident, the Swat-based Taliban launched a search operation in Shamozai area and arrested 14 militants, besides seizing both the vans of the university from their possession.

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