Heavy exchange of gunfire at police offices in northwest city, clean pix

Описание: (28 Aug 2010)
1. Wide of Sir Sayed Road, with police vehicle
2. Mid of the road, Pakistan Army vehicle passing, police van and soldiers on road
3. Mid shot Pakistan Army soldiers heading to scene
4. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Senior Pakistan Government Minister:
"Some of our army and police officers heard firing and retaliated at about six o'clock (in the morning - 0100GMT). According to them, they have confined the terrorists to one building and they are now not allowing civilians in to avoid any casualties in the surrounding area."
5. Mid shot soldier stopping a couple on a motorcycle
6. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Senior Pakistan Government Minister:
"Yes, they (the terrorists) entered. Their entry was a sign of weakness, but they (the army) covered them in a way that they could not do anything until now."
7. Mid of road, police armed vehicle at roadside
8. Various of army vehicles on road
STORYLINE:
Security forces stormed an army intelligence office in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and freed two people who had been taken hostage by escaped militant prisoners, officials said.
There were no fatalities in the operation and the militants surrendered, a top police official said.
He said the trouble began as about three or four militants were being moved inside the offices.
"When they were being shifted from one compound to another, all of a sudden they grabbed guns from one of the guards and opened fire" and took two people hostage, he said.
One guard was injured in the shooting.
That was followed by a 10-hour gunbattle and the operation to free the hostages.
Police officials initially said militants had attacked the army intelligence office from outside.
Peshawar is the capital of troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where militants often target police and security forces.
The shooting began hours after suspected US missiles struck two vehicles carrying militants in northwestern Pakistan, killing four of them.
The overnight missile attack occurred in the troubled Kurram tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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