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19 killed in Lal mosque clashes: Sherpao |
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Updated at:
1910
PST, Thursday, July 05, 2007 |
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ISLAMABAD: Giving update about the Lal mosque standoff, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Thursday admitted that 19 people were killed in clashes between the forces and the students of Lal mosque so far.
Addressing a press conference amid full-fledged “silence operation”, which was launched by forces at Lal mosque and Jamia Hafsa, he said over 50 people were inside the premises of Lal mosque and Jamia Hafsa.
The militants, holed in the premises of Lal mosque and Jamia Hafsa, are in possession of hand-grenades, petrol bombs and other lethal weapons, Sherpao said. |
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