Shooting kills up to eight on bus in Pakistan

Gunmen fired on a minibus in northern Pakistan today and killed up to eight people, police said.

Gunmen fired on a minibus in northern Pakistan today and killed up to eight people, police said.

The bus was sprayed with bullets fired from a passing car in Haripur town, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of the capital, Islamabad.

Those killed including school teachers and students. Police said the attackers were probably targeting one or two people on the bus.

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