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A policeman is seen through the bullet-shattered glass window of a vehicle at the site of a shooting in the town of Mansehra, 90 km (56 miles) north of Islamabad, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province.
REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli
A policeman is seen through the bullet-shattered glass window of a vehicle at the site of a shooting in the town of Mansehra, 90 km (56 miles) north of Islamabad, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province.
REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli
