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Taliban attack television office in Karachi; two injured
 [Dawn] Gunmen on cycle of violences shot up the offices of a television news channel in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Monday, wounding two people, including a security guard, police officials said. The gunnies fled after the attack, which targeted the building of local news channel Aaj TV, police said. The Pak Taliban grabbed credit for the shooting, and threatened attacks against other television channels that did not feature the Taliban point of view. "We had informed the management of Aaj TV to include our view on issues, but the channel had become a mouthpiece of the government," Ehsanullah Ehsan, front man for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), told Rooters. "Geo TV is going to be our next target if they do not change their behaviour towards us. They have been using very bad language against the mujahideen." Posted by: Fred 2012-06-26 |
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