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Gunmen kill 40 in attacks on two Ahmadi mosques in Pakistan
Militants armed with guns and grenades attacked two mosques of the Ahmadi sect of Islam in the Pakistani eastern city of Lahore today, killing 40 people.Attackers took up positions in one of the minarets of a mosque in the city's Garhi Shahu area and threw grenades at armed policemen who tried to move in, Pakistani television channels reported from the scene. At least 50 people were injured in the twin strikes, Faisal Jalal, a spokesman for the Edhi rescue service, said by phone from Lahore. Gunmen also hit a mosque about seven kilometers (four miles) to the south in the city's Model Town, an upper class neighborhood where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has a home. Thousands of worshippers, including women and children, were at Friday prayers when the raids at the two mosques began, Salim Uddin, a spokesman for the community said by phone from Rabwah, a city 145 kilometers south of Lahore and the headquarters of the Ahmadi sect. Posted by: ryuge 2010-05-28 |
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