Taliban attack on Pakistani prison holding militants
Taliban militants broke into a north-west Pakistan prison on Monday and freed around 300 prisoners in a midnight gun and grenade attack, police confirmed.
Read: Pakistani Taliban 'free 300 prisoners', says spokesman
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