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| Pakistan mosque attack leaves 31 dead | |
| 2003-07-04 | |
QUETTA -- At least 31 people were killed and 50 injured in a suspected suicide attack at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, sparking riots that forced the government to impose an indefinite curfew. 'At least 31 people were killed and another 50 were wounded in the attack,' Brigadier Javed Cheema, head of the interior ministry's National Crises Management Cell, told AFP in Islamabad. President Pervez Musharraf responded to the attack by vowing to crack down on extremists.
kill them....that would be what we in the west call: "a good start" Armed police and paramilitary troops spread out in Quetta with orders to shoot rioters on sight after the local administration ordered the curfew. 'Curfew has been clamped down in Quetta and paramilitary and police have been deployed to control the rioting,' Brig Cheema said, adding that shoot-on-sight orders were 'normal procedure in a curfew situation'. 'bout frigging time they got serious The city was soon deserted as residents withdrew to their homes and thousands of employees were stranded in private and government departments. Officials said the attackers hurled grenades and fired shots at the Friday congregation at the main Shiite mosque, known as Nasirul Aza Imambargah, in the central part of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Police said the exact number of assailants was still unclear, adding that one of them was killed inside the mosque by a grenade and another was killed at the main entrance by mosque guards. A third suspected attacker wounded in firing died later in hospital. just a typical Baluchistan prayer day | |
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