Sikhs Kill 2 Policemen, 2 Schoolboys in Punjab
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CHANDIGARH, India — Sikh gunmen killed two young schoolboys and injured two others while escaping after gunning down two policemen Wednesday, police in the north Indian state of Punjab said.
They said four men armed with automatic weapons walked into a police compound in Bagha Purana near Faridkot, killed two policemen, then fled firing, hitting the two schoolboys traveling to school in a rickshaw.
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