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‘It was terrifying’: Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange

By Zach Halaschak
Published June 29, 2020 6:22pm ET
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‘It was terrifying’: Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange
Security personnel surround the Stock Exchange Building in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 29, 2020. Gunmen have attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday. Special police forces deployed to the scene of the attack and in a swift operation secured the building. | (Fareed Khan/AP)

Several people are dead after gunmen tried to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Armed with grenades and assault rifles, a group of separatist militia members began a gun battle that lasted almost an hour on Monday in Karachi as the police and paramilitary forces surrounded the exchange.

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