article_snippet.sent: Five prisoners - including an Islamic extremist who allegedly shot dead two police officers - have been killed as Five prisoners - including an Islamic extremist who allegedly shot dead two police officers - tried to escape from a van taking Five prisoners - including an Islamic extremist who allegedly shot dead two police officers - to court in southern India.
article_snippet.sent: But when the blue bus stopped at about 10am, another of the prisoners 'tried to snatch a rifle from a policeman and tried to escape', according to Anurag Sharma, the head of Telangana state police.
article_snippet.sent: Shoot out: The five suspects were killed this morning after allegedly trying to escape police custody .
article_snippet.sent: Shoot added: 'The police first warned The five suspects to stop and surrender, and when The five suspects did not listen, police opened fire.'
article_snippet.sent: The five suspects were all killed in the shooting, while just one of the 17 officers guarding the group was left with minor injuries.
article_snippet.sent: The incident came two days after a gun battle in the same state left two terror suspects and a police constable dead.
article_snippet.sent: July 2010 arrest for allegedly carrying out a series of attacks against policemen - including the killing two policemen in Hyderabad, as well as triggering two bomb blasts in the southern high-tech city.
highlights_snippet.sent: Once stopped, another prisoner tried to take a gun off one of the officers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: A scuffle ensued and the 17 policemen guarding the group opened fire .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Syed Viqaruddin  is alleged to have killed two police officers .