India tightens security on Pakistan border after Punjab attack

[WorldNews]

By Sanjeev Miglani and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India tightened security on the border with old enemy Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station in the northern frontier state of Punjab, killing six people and wounding several others. Armed police exchanged fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station in Gurdaspur district more than eight hours after the assault began at about 5 a.m. (2330 GMT Sunday), officials said. "We have been able to limit (the attack), they are surrounded, they are holed up in the police station.

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