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of two terrorists, later arrested at the site, led them to the village of
Saharanpur, where the Britons were being held captive. Omar Saeed was also captured and wounded when he had returned to the Ghaziabad house to talk to Nuss after being informed that he had stopped eating four days before. Two policemen and a militant were killed in a pre-dawn shoot-out at the second location on 1 November. All the tourists were freed unhurt.
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confessed to being the one who personally wielded the blade that killed Daniel Pearl.
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284:(2017 film) is based on this kidnapping and
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160:in 2002.
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