Information About Incident 56426-111176-280997 in Gujranwala 1 Pakistan

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Unidentified militants killed eight security personnel at an Army camp near Wazirabad town in Gujranwala District of Punjab on July 9, officials said, hours after a protest march of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) passed through the area, reports Daily Times.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Wazirabad Gujranwala Punjab
• Matched District: Gujranwala 1
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: Unidentified militants
• Subject: eight security personnel

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Unidentified militants killed eight security personnel at an Army camp near Wazirabad town in Gujranwala District of Punjab on July 9, officials said, hours after a protest march of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) passed through the area, reports Daily Times. The encampment was attacked from a bridge over the river Chenab. Hours earlier, thousands from the DPC coalition of right-wing groups crossed the bridge on a long march from Lahore to Islamabad to protest against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. At least seven security personnel, including a police official, embraced martyrdom and five others were injured due to firing by unidentified assailants near Wazirabad, the military said in a statement. However, the number of dead reached eight when one of the injured soldiers succumbed to his injuries. A military rescue party had camped by the Chenab to look for the body of a pilot missing in a helicopter crash in May, the statement said, and the camp came under attack from a bridge.

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