GRENADE ATTACK KILLS 3 NURSES.(NEWS)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: August 9, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

TAXILA, Pakistan -- Three attackers hurled grenades today at women leaving a church on the grounds of a Presbyterian hospital in Pakistan, killing three nurses and wounding about 25 people in the second attack this week against Christians.

One of the attackers also died in the assault at 7:45 a.m. on the grounds of the hospital in Taxila. All the victims were Pakistanis, and about half were seriously wounded, police said.

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