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Chinese among hostages at Karachi navy base

IANS | By, Islamabad
May 23, 2011 12:04 PM IST

Chinese military personnel are among the hostages taken by terrorists who stormed a Pakistani naval facility here, a media report said today.

Chinese military personnel are among the hostages taken by terrorists who stormed a Pakistani naval facility here, a media report said Monday.

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BBC reported that the rebels, who struck at PNS Mehran, were holding hostages, including Chinese military personnel.

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Xinhua said the terrorist have retreated into a building within the base and are holding an unknown number of hostages as human shield to fight back the navy commandos, Rangers and security personnel who have been deployed to flush them out.

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