Information About Incident 8594-14732-35365 in Sangrur India

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He had headed the four-member gang that attacked an Army camp in Himachal Pradesh on March 13, 2002, killing three Army personnel and caused the Doraha train blast in Punjab which claimed three lives.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Himachal Pradesh Punjab, Himachal Pradesh Punjab
• Matched District: Sangrur
• Actgroup: attack, kill
• Actor: the four-member gang that, He
• Subject: an Army camp in Himachal Pradesh, three Army personnel

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Speaking in Ludhiana on June 19, Punjab police chief M S Bhullar said police arrested a Pakistani terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) on June 18. However, he did not disclose the place from where he was held, custody citing 'security reasons'. He said Abdul, hailing from Karachi, has been the main coordinator of the LeT in Punjab since 1997. He had headed the four-member gang that attacked an Army camp in Himachal Pradesh on March 13, 2002, killing three Army personnel and caused the Doraha train blast in Punjab which claimed three lives. The police chief added, two of three absconding members of Abdul's gang were Pakistani nationals.

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