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Afghanistan/South Asia
Troops patrol tense Gilgit
2005-01-09
Troops patrolled the tense streets of Gilgit on Sunday to enforce a curfew imposed after the death toll from Saturday's rioting increased from 11 to 14 following the shooting of Shia leader Agha Ziauddin, officials said. The situation in the city was calm and under the local administration's control, sources said, adding that Shia mobs set the office of the Hunza assistant commissioner on fire and thousands of Shia protestors belonging to Gilgit city's suburbs had gathered at Danyore, about 10 kilometres from Gilgit city, and wanted to enter the city, but security forces managed to stop them at Danyore Bridge.

Dr Muhammad Yaqub at the government hospital in Gilgit said the death toll had risen to 14 from 11 in Saturday's violence, after which a curfew was imposed in the town and the army was called in to control the mob. The names of the three victims could not be known because of the curfew, sources said. The curfew was still in place on Sunday and residents said soldiers were patrolling the streets on vehicles mounted with machineguns.
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