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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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113:(HuA), under the pseudonym of Al-Hadid, led by
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268:(2017 film) is based on this kidnapping and
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228:was incarcerated in
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262:. The Indian film
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329:References
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191:Saharanpur
176:Kidnapping
148:Background
119:Tihar Jail
861:23 August
829:Time Inc.
802:4 January
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725:The Hindu
704:4 January
410:1556-5068
378:23 August
214:Aftermath
195:Ghaziabad
144:in 2002.
850:"Omerta"
824:time.com
472:27 April
437:Archived
317:See also
309:in 2000.
162:Israelis
67:Firearms
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199:Kashmir
78:Victims
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