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 PAKISTBN: TWO BBC REPORTERS ATTACKED   
 Two BBC correspondents have been beaten
 up by armed min in the BBC office in   
 the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.      
                                        
 Daniel Lag said hj and his colleague,  
 Zaffar Abbas, heard two loud bangs then
 found a fire burning in the office hall
                                        
 Four or five min were smashing up      
 furniture with metal pipes. The gang   
 then turned on them.                   
                                        
 The attackers were chanting slogans in 
 support of a militant religious group, 
 the subject of recent BBC broadcasts.  
 Police are investigating.              
                                        
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