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Summary Militants and Police exchanged fire near Mattani area where schoolchildren were killed in a van.
The militants attacked police, prompting retaliatory fire.Two of the children injured in the school van attack were earlier discharged from Lady Reading Hospital on Wednesday.Tehrik-e-Taliban Derra Adam Khel on Tuesday attacked a school van in Matni, Peshawar, killing four children and the van driver.The hospital administration informed that 18 injured were brought to hospital after the tragic incident out of which nine persons have been discharged from hospital while nine are still under treatment.TWO SECURITY OFFICIALS KILLED: In another security related incident on Wednesday, at least six gunmen ambushed a military vehicle on patrol, killing two security officials and wounding two others, police said.The attackers, believed to be pro-Taliban militants, opened fire on the army pickup from both sides of the road in Sarai Khan on the outskirts of Bannu city, local police chief Sajjad Khan told a news agency.Security officials confirmed the attack and casualties.
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