Militants attack Christian area in Pakistan, one guard dead: army

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least four suicide bombers attacked a Christian neighborhood in northwestern Pakistan early on Friday, killing at least one security guard, the military said. Authorities "promptly responded" and all four attackers were dead, army spokesman Lt. General Asim Bajwa said in a message on social network Twitter. In a separate statement, the military's information wing said one security guard of the Christian residential area was killed at the start of the attack, at 5:30 a.m. The area is near Warsak Dam, in the Khyber tribal region 20 km (12 miles) northwest of the city of Peshawar, an official at the scene told Reuters.

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