Sunday, July 06, 2008

இஸ்லாமிய குடியரசான பாகிஸ்தானில் மசூதியில் தற்கொலைப்படை வெடிகுண்டு வெடித்ததில் 10 பேர் பலி

இஸ்லாமிய நாடான பாகிஸ்தானில் மசூதியில் தற்கொலைப்படை வெடிகுண்டு வெடித்ததில் 10முஸ்லீமானவர்கள் பலியாகியுள்ளனர். ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம்களாக மாறியவர்கள் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.

More than 10 dead in blast near Pakistan mosque
Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:38am EDT
By Kamran Haider


ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Reuters) - More than 10 people were killed on Sunday in an apparent suicide bomb attack on police near a site where Islamists had been marking the anniversary of an army commando raid on a mosque in Pakistan's capital.

The blast happened several hundred metres (yards) from the Red Mosque, after a tightly guarded meeting of Islamists at the mosque had ended.

Worshippers could be seen streaming out of the mosque after the explosion. Sirens were heard across the city as ambulances raced towards the scene on what had been a quiet evening.

"Police were going back to their stations when it happened," said senior police official Kamran Adil.

"We picked up more than 10 bodies, there are also many wounded, most of them police. The primary target was our men," he said.

Top city official Rana Akbar said a suicide bomber was believed to have attacked the policemen.

Earlier on Sunday, several thousand Islamists vowed support for jihad, or Muslim holy war, as they gathered at the mosque to mark the first anniversary of an army raid on the complex.

More than 100 people were killed when commandos stormed the Red Mosque complex, which included a madrasa or Islamic seminary, on July 10 last year, after a week-long siege that began when gunmen from the mosque clashed with police outside.

Speakers told a crowd of several thousand, most of them men, that U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf was to blame for the bloodshed last year. (Additional reporting by Zeeshan Haider) (Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Stephen Weeks)






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