Gunmen kill seven in attack on Pakistan military camp

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on Monday on a riverside military encampment in eastern Pakistan, an area where violence is rare, killing six soldiers and a policeman, the military said in a statement. Thousands of supporters of hardline Islamist groups had, on the eve of the attack, passed through the area north of Lahore, capital of Punjab province, but officials said there was no evidence linking their presence to the attack. "A small rescue party had camped on the bank of (a) river to search for the body of a drowned/missing pilot," the military statement said. ...

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