Pakistani interior minister: security forces storm hospital and free hostages, ending siege

June 15, 2013 at 4:22PM
Pakistani security forces take up positions outside a hospital during a gun battle in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Gunmen took over parts of a hospital in southwestern Pakistan Saturday after a bomb went off inside its emergency room, officials said. Several people died before authorities stormed the building and freed the hostages trapped inside.
Pakistani security forces take up positions outside a hospital during a gun battle in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani interior minister: security forces storm hospital and free hostages, ending siege.

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